Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Football and Violent Extremism: An Ethnographic Study of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Ultras
1st Edition
By Alberto Testa, Massimiliano Maidano, Hadidža Borović
May 22, 2026
This book examines the ways that nationalist leaders and extremist groups have used football to advance their often-violent ideological narratives and to recruit and radicalise young people. Drawing on applied ethnographic research with the Ultra fan groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the book...
Sport for Social Cohesion: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Karen Petry, Louis Moustakas
May 22, 2026
This book takes a critical look at the role that sport can play in fostering social cohesion. It presents important conceptual and empirical material that sheds new light on what works, and what doesn’t, in terms of the use of sport as a tool of social policy. The book presents original research ...
The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar: Global and Local Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Nikolay Kozhanov, Mahfoud Amara, Mahjoob Zweiri
May 22, 2026
This book offers an in‑depth analysis of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The first World Cup to be held in the Middle East, this was a unique sporting mega‑event, and this book explores its wider significance across political, socio‑cultural, economic, organisational and historical dimensions. ...
The Green Transition in Motorsport: Purpose, Politics, and Profit
1st Edition
By Hans Erik Næss, Samuel Tickell
May 22, 2026
This book is a critical exploration of motorsport’s contribution to ‘the green transition’, understood as a societal shift towards a fossil-free future, a circular economy, and greater social inclusiveness. The book takes a critical look at the historical impact of motorsport and the current ...
The Geopolitical Economy of Esports
1st Edition
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By Simon Chadwick, Yue Meng-Lewis, Donna Wong, Paul Widdop
May 06, 2026
This book adds a new dimension to our understanding of the global esports industry by examining its significance in the context of global geopolitics and economics. As perhaps the most rapidly growing sector of the sports and entertainment industry worldwide, esports is now both a glittering ...
Retired Performers’ Reflections for Movement Practice
1st Edition
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By Luke Jones, Zoë Avner, Allison Jeffrey
April 19, 2026
Retired Performers’ Reflections for Movement Practice explores how former expert performers from the realms of sport, dance, and movement practice relate to and subsequently teach, coach, or instruct their disciplines. This edited collection is the first of its kind to bring together sociologically...
A New Olympic Era: Navigating Socioeconomic, Geopolitical, and Environmental Complexities
1st Edition
By Yoav Dubinsky
April 18, 2026
This book examines the new era of the Olympic Movement as it is forced to navigate through old and new socioeconomic, geopolitical, and environmental challenges. Against a background of geopolitics, commercialization, technological development, extreme weather, and associated accelerating changes ...
Sport and Criminal Justice: Practitioner Insights and Theoretical Directions
1st Edition
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By Haydn Morgan, Andrew Parker, Rosie Meek
February 27, 2026
This book examines the use of sport and physical activity-based interventions as a means by which to address crime and antisocial behaviour. Covering a range of different sporting and physical activities across an array of social contexts involving both adult and youth populations, this book ...
French Sports Films: Visions of Masculinity
1st Edition
By Jonathan Ervine
December 18, 2025
Examining French sports films from a cinematic and socio-cultural perspective, this book takes a close look at the characteristics that separate French sports films from Hollywood sports films and sports films produced in other countries and asks what those characteristics can tell us about wider ...
Sport, Media and Discrimination
1st Edition
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By Daniel Kilvington, John Price, Jasmin Seijbel, Jacco van Sterkenburg
December 05, 2025
Sport, Media and Discrimination provides critical, inter-disciplinary and international perspectives on how sports media constructs and reinforces discrimination in contemporary societies. The book argues that the importance of sport within modern culture means sports media has a powerful role...
Esports and the World Anti-Doping Code
1st Edition
By Lovely Dasgupta
December 01, 2025
This is the first book to focus on the topic of doping in esports. As the global esports industry continues to grow, this book critiques current anti-doping practices and considers the role that the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Olympic Committee might play in creating a ...
Discourses in Sport Communication in Africa and the African Diaspora
1st Edition
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By Unwana Samuel Akpan
November 28, 2025
This book explores sport communication in Africa and the African diaspora. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives, it deepens our understanding of the importance of sport in African society as well as the profound and growing influence of the African diaspora in world sport, as athletes, ...