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    Governance, Impacts and Controversies

    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    This book explores various social, cultural, political and economic issues through the lenses of various sport mega-events in the twenty-first century, including the Olympic Games, and the World Cup and European Championships in football. In a time where sport mega-events are closely followed by controversies, legacy discourses and questions of their governance, the chapters within this book ... Read more

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  • Football and Health Improvement: an Emergent Field

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    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    There is developing interest in the use of sporting settings as a channel to connect people to health improvement services and an emerging body of research highlights football as being associated with positive motivational and social elements that support the maintenance of a physically active lifestyle. This text provides insights into a range of issues surrounding the role of football as a ... Read more

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  • Football, Politics and Identity

    Series series Critical Research in Football
    This book presents a series of fascinating case studies that show how the lives and bodies of clubs, players and fans around the world are enmeshed with politics.It draws on original research in countries including England, Scotland, Ireland, Poland, Mexico, Algeria and Argentina and includes both historical and contemporary perspectives. It explores some of the most important themes in the study ... Read more

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  • Football as Medicine

    Prescribing Football for Global Health Promotion

    Series series Critical Research in Football
    It is beyond dispute that physical activity is good for us, but what are the benefits, challenges and impacts of sport on health? This is the first book to focus on football in the context of health from individual, public and population-level perspectives.Football as Medicine examines the effects of football training on the three main types of fitness (cardiovascular, metabolic and ... Read more

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  • Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management

    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Soccer is the world’s most valuable sport, generating bigger revenues, as well as being watched and played by more people, than any other. It is virtually impossible to understand the business of sport without understanding the football industry. This book surveys contemporary football in unparalleled breadth and depth.Presenting critical insights from world-leading football scholars and ... Read more

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  • Football and Popular Culture

    Singing Out from the Stands

    Series series Critical Research in Football
    Football is ubiquitous and a permanent fixture of modern life. More than a sport, it frequently manifests in broader popular culture. This book examines the significance of football for, and in, popular culture across a wide range of forms, including music, film, and social media.Football and Popular Culture plots a new path in Football Studies, drawing on original research in countries including ... Read more

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  • Healthy Stadia

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    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    Public health is a key priority for developed and developing nations. Indeed, many countries have sought strategies to promote health and reduce health inequalities. A ‘settings approach’ to promoting health has been endorsed by the World Health Organization, which has seen settings such as workplaces, schools, hospitals and prisons utilised to promote health. Alongside this, sport has received ... Read more

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