Routledge International Handbooks
Routledge Handbook of Sport, Race and Ethnicity
1st Edition
Edited
By John Nauright, David K Wiggins
September 08, 2018
Few issues have engaged sports scholars more than those of race and ethnicity. Today, globalization and migration mean all major sports leagues include players from around the globe, bringing into play a complex mix of racial, ethnic, cultural, political and geographical factors. These complexities...
Routledge Handbook of International Criminology
1st Edition
Edited
By Cindy J. Smith, Sheldon X. Zhang, Rosemary Barberet
August 23, 2018
The Routledge Handbook of International Criminology brings together the latest thinking and findings from a diverse group of both senior and promising young scholars from around the globe. This collaborative project articulates a new way of thinking about criminology that extends existing ...
Routledge Handbook of Physical Education Pedagogies
1st Edition
Edited
By Catherine D. Ennis
August 14, 2018
The first fully comprehensive review of theory, research and practice in physical education to be published in over a decade, this handbook represents an essential, evidence-based guide for all students, researchers and practitioners working in PE. Showcasing the latest research and theoretical ...
Routledge Handbook of Sports Marketing
1st Edition
Edited
By Simon Chadwick, Nicolas Chanavat, Michel Desbordes
May 03, 2018
Sports marketing has become a cornerstone of successful sports management and business, driving growth in sport organisations and widening fan-bases. Showcasing the latest thinking and research in sports marketing from around the world, the Routledge Handbook of Sports Marketing goes further than ...
Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Art and Culture
1st Edition
Edited
By Laurie Hanquinet, Mike Savage
April 25, 2018
The Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Arts and Culture offers a comprehensive overview of sociology of art and culture, focusing especially – though not exclusively – on the visual arts, literature, music, and digital culture. Extending, and critiquing, Bourdieu’s influential analysis of ...
Routledge International Handbook of Sport Psychology
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Schinke, Kerry McGannon, Brett Smith
February 15, 2018
Contemporary sport psychology is a rapidly developing and theoretically rich discipline, and a sophisticated and challenging profession. The Routledge International Handbook of Sport Psychology offers a comprehensive and authoritative guide to contemporary sport psychology in all its aspects. ...
The Routledge Handbook of the War of 1812
1st Edition
Edited
By Donald R. Hickey, Connie D. Clark
January 24, 2018
The War of 1812 ranged over a remarkably large territory, as the fledgling United States battled Great Britain at sea and on land across what is now the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada. Native people and the Spanish were also involved in the war’s interrelated conflicts. Often overlooked, the ...
Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport
1st Edition
Edited
By Ken Green, Andy Smith
January 12, 2018
The Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport is a comprehensive survey of the latest research into young people’s involvement in sport. Drawing on a wide diversity of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, policy studies, coaching, physical education and physiology, the book examines the importance...
The Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling
1st Edition
Edited
By Anna-Mari Almila, David Inglis
January 08, 2018
Veils and veiling are controversial topics in social and political life, generating debates across the world. The veil is enmeshed within a complex web of relations encompassing politics, religion and gender, and conflicts over the nature of power, legitimacy, belief, freedom, agency and ...
The Routledge International Handbook of Education, Religion and Values
1st Edition
Edited
By James Arthur, Terence Lovat
December 22, 2017
The academic fields of religion and values have become the focus of renewed interest in contemporary thinking about human activity and its motivations. The Routledge International Handbook of Education, Religion and Values explores and expands upon a range of international research related to this ...
The Routledge International Handbook of Psychosocial Epidemiology
1st Edition
Edited
By Mika Kivimäki, David Batty, Ichiro Kawachi, Andrew Steptoe
December 19, 2017
The health effects of psychosocial factors are a widely discussed and controversial topic. Do positive and negative emotions affect our risk of developing physical disease? Are depressive individuals more likely to have cancer than those with an optimistic outlook on life? And what is the role of ...
Routledge International Handbook of Outdoor Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Barbara Humberstone, Heather Prince, Karla A. Henderson
December 06, 2017
The ‘outdoors’ is a physical and ideological space in which people engage with their environment, but it is also an important vehicle for learning and for leisure. The Routledge Handbook of Outdoor Studies is the first book to attempt to define and survey the multi-disciplinary set of approaches ...