Figurational Research in Sport, Leisure and Health. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dominic Malcolm, Philippa Velija.
• Editors: Malcolm, Dominic; Velija, Philippa
• Contents: 1 Introduction to Figurational Research in Sport, Leisure and Health Philippa Velija and Dominic Malcolm Part I: Key Concepts 2 The Development of Modern Sport: Sportization and Civilizing Processes Dominic Malcolm and Jan Haut 3 Game Models as a framework for understanding power in the Male Football Figuration Graeme Law and Daniel Bloyce 4 ‘Football Fitness’: A quest for excitement or a leisure routinization? Lone Friis Thing and Laila Susanne Ottesen 5 The Theory of Established-Outsider Relations: Understanding Gender Relations in the Cricket Figuration Philippa Velija 6 The Development of Mixed Martial Arts: Using the Quest for Excitement and Informalization to Understand Sportization Raúl Sánchez García Part II: The Research Process 7 Doing Developmental Research as a Figurational Sociologist: A Case Study on the Long-term Sportization of Swimming Steven Cock 8 On (Not) Becoming: Involved–Detachment and Sports ‘Violence’ Christopher R. Matthews 9 Doing (Figurational) Research: Using Semi-Structured Interviews in the Field of Public Health Miranda Thurston Part III: Synthesis and Development 10 Figurational Research and Doping in Professional Cycling John Connolly 11 A figurational understanding of sport organizations: the case of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland Paddy Dolan and John Connolly 12 Sport Policy, Sports Development and Figurational Sociology Andy Smith, Daniel Bloyce and David Haycock 13 Figurational Sociological Approaches to Sport, Exercise and Health Dominic Malcolm and Kass Gibson
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (196 pages), (3 illustrations)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351781329; 1351781324
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