Routledge International Handbooks
Routledge International Handbook of Internet Gambling
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Williams, Robert Wood, Jonathan Parke
May 24, 2017
Internet gambling is a rapidly growing phenomenon, which has profound social, psychological, economic, political, and policy implications. Until recently, Internet gambling has been understudied by the research community, but now a growing body of literature is emerging, on all aspects of Internet ...
Routledge Handbook of Body Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Bryan Turner
May 18, 2017
In the last three decades, the human body has gained increasing prominence in contemporary political debates, and it has become a central topic of modern social sciences and humanities. Modern technologies – such as organ transplants, stem-cell research, nanotechnology, cosmetic surgery and ...
Routledge Handbook of Drugs and Sport
1st Edition
Edited
By Verner Møller, Ivan Waddington, John Hoberman
May 17, 2017
Doping has become one of the most important and high-profile issues in contemporary sport. Shocking cases such as that of Lance Armstrong and the US Postal cycling team have exposed the complicated relationships between athletes, teams, physicians, sports governing bodies, drugs providers, and ...
Routledge Handbook of International Education and Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Simon McGrath, Qing Gu
May 10, 2017
This timely Handbook takes stock of the range of debates that characterise the field of international education and development, and suggests key aspects of a research agenda for the next period. It is deliberately divergent in its approach, recognising the major ideological and epistemological ...
The Routledge Handbook of Religions and Global Development
1st Edition
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By Emma Tomalin
May 10, 2017
This Handbook provides a cutting-edge survey of the state of research on religions and global development. Part one highlights critical debates that have emerged within research on religions and development, particularly with respect to theoretical, conceptual and methodological considerations, ...
Routledge Handbook of Sport and Legacy: Meeting the Challenge of Major Sports Events
1st Edition
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By Richard Holt, Dino Ruta
February 15, 2017
What remains of a great sporting spectacle after the last race is run or the final match is played? How can the vast expense of mounting such events be justified? What if there is nothing left behind or what if the legacy is negative, a costly infrastructure which is unused or a debt-ridden host ...
The Routledge International Handbook of Psychosocial Resilience
1st Edition
Edited
By Updesh Kumar
August 05, 2016
Psychological resilience has emerged as a highly significant area of research and practice in recent years, finding applications with a broad range of different groups in many settings. Contemporary discourse is not limited to ways of effective coping with adversity but also introduces mechanisms ...
Routledge Handbook of Sport and New Media
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrew Billings, Marie Hardin
May 02, 2016
New media technologies have become a central part of the sports media landscape. Sports fans use new media to watch games, discuss sports transactions, form fan-based communities, and secure minutiae about their favorite players and teams. Never before have fans known so much about athletes, ...
Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality
1st Edition
Edited
By Jennifer Hargreaves, Eric Anderson
May 02, 2016
The Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality brings together important new work from 68 leading international scholars that, collectively, demonstrates the intrinsic interconnectedness of sport, gender and sexuality. It introduces what is, in essence, a sophisticated sub-area of sport ...
Routledge Handbook of Ergonomics in Sport and Exercise
1st Edition
Edited
By Youlian Hong
December 22, 2015
Ergonomics is concerned with the ‘fit’ between people and their work. With an increasing number of people becoming conscious about their health and participating in sport or physical activity, ergonomics has become an increasingly prominent concern within the sport and exercise sciences. From the ...
Routledge Handbook of Sports Technology and Engineering
1st Edition
Edited
By Franz Fuss, Aleksandar Subic, Martin Strangwood, Rabindra Mehta
December 21, 2015
From carbon fibre racing bikes to ‘sharkskin’ swimsuits, the application of cutting-edge design, technology and engineering has proved to be a vital ingredient in enhanced sports performance. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of contemporary sports technology and engineering, ...
Routledge International Handbook of Social and Environmental Change
1st Edition
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By Stewart Lockie, David A. Sonnenfeld, Dana R. Fisher
December 18, 2015
Today, the risks associated with global environmental change and the dangers of extreme climatic and geological events remind us of humanity’s dependence on favourable environmental conditions. Our relationships with the landscapes and ecologies that we are a part of, the plants and animals that we...