Advances in Leisure Studies
About the Book Series
Advances in Leisure Studies features original interdisciplinary and international scholarship from leisure studies and related academic fields and disciplines. The series brings together cutting-edge research by those working in leisure studies with a focus on emerging lines of enquiry inspired by new debates, controversies and perspectives. The series explores a wide range of topics informed by new theoretical interventions and empirical research and encompasses a variety of methodological approaches. Advances in Leisure Studies is a series that speaks to the complexities and intricacies of leisure in the twenty-first century.
Criminology, Leisure and Sport: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Mark Berry, Carl Berry, Jayne Caudwell
June 01, 2026
This book takes a critical look at how leisure and sport intersect with crime and harm. Bringing together leading scholars in criminology, sociology, sport science, social work and psychology, it shows how recreational and elite sporting spaces can foster prosocial development but also generate ...
Walking and Leisure: Mobilities, Encounters and Critical Engagements
1st Edition
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By Miriam Snellgrove
April 09, 2026
This book critically examines walking as a socially and politically situated leisure practice, exploring how movement through urban and rural spaces is shaped by broader structures of power and inequality. While walking is often framed as a leisure activity with physical and mental health benefits...
Evaluation in Sport and Leisure
1st Edition
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By Andrew Adams, Kevin Harris
May 27, 2024
This book presents a critical assessment of evaluation theory and practice in sport and leisure. It considers established and emerging forms of evaluation; examines typologies, issues, contexts and processes; and asks how evaluation practice can be improved in the future. The book seeks to uncover ...
Leisure and Forced Migration: Lives Lived in Asylum Systems
1st Edition
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By Nicola De Martini Ugolotti, Jayne Caudwell
January 09, 2023
This book offers a timely and critical exploration of leisure and forced migration from multiple disciplinary perspectives, spanning sociology, gender studies, migration studies and anthropology. It engages with perspectives and experiences that unsettle and oppose dehumanising and infantilising ...
Digital Football Cultures: Fandom, Identities and Resistance
1st Edition
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By Stefan Lawrence, Garry Crawford
June 30, 2020
As the digital revolution continues apace, emergent technologies and means of communication present new challenges and opportunities for the football industry. This is the first book to bring together key contemporary debates at the intersection of football studies, leisure studies, and digital ...