Sport

This book examines the development of sport sponsorship and its impact on global public health. It argues that sport governing bodies should not continue to treat fans solely as consumers, and that a more ethical approach should be taken to sport sponsorship.

Drawing on qualitative research methods, the book explores examples from the Greek food industry to analyse restaurateurs' and consumer constructed meanings of authenticity, how it is transmitted and received.

This volume of wide-ranging essays by sport historians and sociologists examines the complex relations of war, peace and sport through a series of case studies from South and North America, Europe, North Africa, Asia and New Zealand.

Black Women, Intersectionality, and Workplace Bullying extends and enriches the current literature on workplace bullying by examining specifically how work abuse disproportionality hurts women of color, affecting their mental health negatively and hence their career progression.

A unique and essential bird-watching toolfeaturingstickers and logbook entries for each bird, an illustrated species catalog, and space for your notes.Birding is a fun pastime that people of all ages can enjoy in just about any location. If you head out armed with binoculars, you might be left with lots of fond memories of the birds you saw, but they tend to blend together and get fuzzy in detail over time. Bird Watchers' Field Guide Sticker & Logbook is here to tackle that challenge, as the one-stop resource for recording your sightings. Whether you're just getting started birding or want to build on your existing knowledge, this field guide and logbook provides you with all you need, making it thecompanion in the field.Divided into climate regions (temperate, polar, continental, tropical, and desert), the field guide makes it easy to track your birds.Inside this gorgeously illustrated guide, you'll find:The basics of bird-watching, including when, where, and what to look for, as well as how to take accurate notes and make sketches.A unique layflat logbook, filled with tips to get the most out of bird-watching, so you can chart your own findings and observations.Beautiful illustrations of 75 of the most commonly seen birds in North America in one comprehensive species catalog.Stickers for each bird, plus more unique stickers for added fun, setting this book apart from all the other bird logbooks. Perfectly sized to fit into a shoulder bag next to your binoculars and featuring a layflat binding for easy writing and stunning imagery throughout, Bird Watchers Field Guide Sticker & Logbookis the one book you won't want to leave home without.

This book presents an ethnographic study of contemporary ticket touts in the UK.

Routledge Companion to Cycling presents a comprehensive overview of an artefact that throughout the modern era has been a bellwether indicator of the major social, economic and environmental trends that have permeated society.

This book offers a brief history of how autoethnography has been employed in studies of sport and physical (in)activity to date and makes an explicit call for anti-colonial approaches - challenging scholars of physical culture to interrogate and write against the colonial assumptions at work in so many physical cultural and academic spaces.

This book is the first to address the important interrelationship between second homes and climate change, which has become an increasingly relevant issue for many regions around the world.

Sport, through participation or spectatorship, represents a significant part of everyday life and wellbeing. This book provides a platform for sports human factors and ergonomics research to showcase key issues being tackled and to inspire the sports and human factors and ergonomics communities to pursue further applications.

Empower your mind, strengthen your body and build your best life with this girl-power guide to strength training. With helpful tips, practical advice and energizing affirmations, this wellness and weightlifting companion will support you on your journey to becoming your strongest self.

This edited collection contains six refreshing critical assessments of the leisure - sport relationship from societies that have staged the Olympic and Paralympic Games and contains valuable information for those who live in societies that aspire to host the Games. This collection provides not just insight into the past and present effects of th

This original collection explores critically sporting practices, spaces and affiliations in order to understand issues around identity, (post-) migration, diaspora and transnationalism for global South Asian populations. The chapters provide a critical (re-) examination of the roles that sport plays within and in relation to South

This book critically engages with the role sporting organisations play in the maintenance and development of communities in their variety of forms.It was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

This important and engaging collection explores the underappreciated history and continuing significance of sport in the Pacific. In particular, it directs attention to the movement of people and sporting practices exploring the importance of borrowing, appropriation, diaspora, racism, and imperialism.This book was published as a special

This thought-provoking book embarks into the captivating world of religious tourism and explores the intricate relationship between travel and spirituality, shedding light on whether tourists are seekers of profound meaning or simply pleasure-seekers. The chapters in this book were originally published in Tourism Recreation Research.

This book develops readers' understanding and conceptualisation of the issues, challenges, and opportunities associated with teaching and coaching lifestyle sports. The book covers topics such as coach development, youth sport participation, athlete learning, and creating a 'meaningful' physical education experience.

This book develops readers' understanding and conceptualisation of the issues, challenges, and opportunities associated with teaching and coaching lifestyle sports. The book covers topics such as coach development, youth sport participation, athlete learning, and creating a 'meaningful' physical education experience.

This book aims to curate a collection of articles to showcase the latest work and biggest trends shaping the global tourism industry in the past two decades - new technology and the Chinese tourists. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of China Tourism Research.

This book addresses tourism and its development in the post-communist context of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The book consists of 14 chapters (divided into two sections), a new introduction and a reflective concluding section. All 14 main chapters in this book were originally published in the Tourism Geographies journal.

Football is the world's most popular sport and is entrepreneurial by nature. This book provides a holistic understanding of how football can include innovation, risk taking and proactive activity and will be useful for those interested to learn more of the football industry and entrepreneurship in the global context.

Examining the evolution of recent theoretical and methodological trends in pilgrimage studies and featuring essays from leading scholars in various fields in the humanities, this book is an essential read for all researchers of pilgrimage, religious history, religious tourism, and anthropology.