Sports & Leisure Studies

An Introduction, second edition, 2nd Edition
By Grant Jarvie

This second edition will be a must-read for anyone interested in the study of sport and society in an increasingly globalized world.

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Third Edition
By Ian Jones

This leading textbook provides a complete grounding in both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Guiding the reader step-by-step through the research process, it is illustrated throughout with sport-related case-studies and examples from around the world.

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Lessons from the world’s best academies
By Mark Nesti and Chris Sulley

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey and assessment of youth development programmes in football around the world, to highlight best practice, and to offer clear recommendations for improvement.

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Sports Marketing: A Strategic Perspective, 5th edition
By Matthew D. Shank and Mark R. Lyberger

New for December, the fifth edition of the essential foundation text for sports marketing and sports business courses, as well as an invaluable reference for any sports marketing practitioner looking to improve their professional practice.

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BASES is the professional body for sport and exercise sciences in the UK. It was formerly known as BASS – the British Association of Sports Sciences and was founded in September 1984. Routledge has been a supporter of BASES for a number of years by providing book prizes for their conferences and offering discounts on all our sport titles to their members. For more information, please visit their website: www.bases.org.uk/Home
 

Founded in 1995 in Nice, France, the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) is a sport scientific society dedicated to the collection, generation and dissemination of scientific knowledge at the European level. Routledge works closely with ECSS to provide their members with reviews of new books, discounts on book purchases and promote the ECSS Annual Congress.
 

This new four-volume Major Work collection from Routledge includes a new introduction by the editors and fully indexed, this ‘mini-library’ of the very best and most influential writings on the philosophy of sport is destined to be valued by researchers and students as an essential work of reference. Read more ....

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To view all the Major Work collection in the Critical Concepts of Sports Studies Series click here.
 

There are three new books publishing in the Routledge Research in Sport Culture and Society Series in September.

• Sport Development in the United States: High Performance and Mass Participation
  
• Sport, Racism and Social Media
  
• Football and Migration: Perspectives, Places, Players

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Author: Peter R.J. Reaburn, PhD, associate professor of sports science at Central Queensland University in Australia.

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We are delighted to present to you in one easy to find location all of our key and upcoming Sports Management titles.

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