Research Handbook on Sports and Society

Edited by Elizabeth C.J. Pike, Professor and Head of Institute of Sport, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Contents:

1 Introduction to sports and society: scholarship, activism and impact 1
Elizabeth C.J. Pike

PART I THE GOVERNANCE
2 Sport, politics and the public intellectual 9
David Hassan
3 Sport organisations, politics and gender policies 22
Jorid Hovden
4 Researching and working in sport policy and development 38
Andy Smith
5 Sport, social movements and digital media 53
Simon C. Darnell, Sabrina Razack and Janelle Joseph

PART II THE ECONOMICS
6 Economic determinants of sport performance 69
Wladimir Andreff and Nicolas Scelles
7 The industry of gambling on sport: deconstructing sports betting as
a market, a product and a public health issue 83
Hibai Lopez-Gonzalez
8 Sport, advertising and promotional culture 97
Andrew Grainger
9 Media, sports, and society 111
Lawrence A. Wenner

PART III THE EVENTS
10 Sports mega-events 128
John Horne
11 Fandom and well-being 143
Yuhei Inoue

PART IV THE WORKPLACE
12 Gender and social inequity in and through sport leadership 159
Lucy V. Piggott
13 Renaming and reshaping the challenge of improving gender equity in
sport coaching 174
Leanne Norman
14 Respecting referees? An analysis of abuse, support, retention and policy 188
Jamie Cleland
15 Volunteering within sport for development and peace (SDP) projects 202
Megan Chawansky

PART V THE ATHLETES
16 Social perspectives on athlete pathways 213
Outi Aarresola, Jari Lamsa and Astrid Schubring
17 Foreign-born sportspeople in the Olympics and the Football World
Cup: migration, citizenship and nationhood 227
Gijs van Campenhout and Joost Jansen
18 From fascination to revelation: my research journey with older Masters/
Veteran athletes 244
Rylee A. Dionigi

PART VI THE ISSUES
19 Living in the along: reflections on inquiring into experiences of women in sport 261
Lombe A. Mwambwa and Elizabeth C.J. Pike
20 For a sociology of women’s sports on the African continent 276
Anima Adjepong
21 Disability inclusion in sport for all: ‘Baskin’ as a best practice model 291
Florian Kiuppis
22 Filing the podium: cheating, doping and corruption 307
James Connor
23 Researching pain and injury in sport 321
Ivan Waddington
24 Non-accidental violence in sports 337
Kari Fasting
25 Mental illness in sport 352
Michael Atkinson
26 Terrorism and sport 366
Ramón Spaaij

PART VII THE FUTURE
27 The future of sports and society: a reflection and call to action 380
Jay Coakley

Index