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  • The Anti-Doping Crisis in Sport

    Causes, Consequences, Solutions

    par Paul Dimeo, Verner Møller ...
    The sense of crisis that pervades global sport suggests that the war on doping is still very far from being won. In this critical and provocative study of anti-doping regimes in global sport, Paul Dimeo and Verner Møller argue that the current system is at a critical historical juncture.Reviewing the recent history of anti-doping, this book highlights serious problems in the approach developed and ... En savoir plus

    $83.99 CAD

  • Doping

    A Sporting History

    par April Henning, Paul Dimeo ...
    Why is doping a perennial problem for sport? Is this solely a contemporary phenomenon? And should doping always be regarded as cheating, or do today’s anti-doping measures go too far?Drawing on case studies from the early twentieth century to the present day, Doping: A Sporting History explores why the current anti-doping system looks as it does, charting its origins to the founding of the modern ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • Drugs, Alcohol and Sport

    A Critical History

    Modifié par Paul Dimeo ...
    Collections series Sport in the Global Society
    The use of alcohol and drugs seems contradictory to the popular ideal of sport as a healthy moral and physical pursuit, and yet it has been present in sports culture since clubs first became the focus for competitive games and social gatherings. Charting the changing patterns of the use of drugs and alcohol since the nineteenth century, this is a critical history that relates substance consumption ... En savoir plus

    $94.81 CAD

  • Soccer in South Asia

    Empire, Nation, Diaspora

    Modifié par Paul Dimeo, James Mills ...
    Collections series Sport in the Global Society
    The place of football in the colonial and post-colonial past is explored and both British and Portuguese influences on the development of the game are considered. Contemporary issues such as the impact of the professional league in India and the role of UK Asians in the organization of the Indian game are considered. Future scenarios are explored and models for progression and problems facing the ... En savoir plus

    $101.68 CAD

  • A History of Drug Use in Sport: 1876 - 1976

    Beyond Good and Evil

    par Paul Dimeo ...
    This book offers a new history of drug use in sport. It argues that the idea of taking drugs to enhance performance has not always been the crisis or ‘evil’ we now think it is. Instead, the late nineteenth century was a time of some experimentation and innovation largely unhindered by talk of cheating or health risks. By the interwar period, experiments had been modernised in the new laboratories ... En savoir plus

    $101.68 CAD

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  • Fair and Foul

    Beyond the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport

    par D. Stanley Eitzen ...
    Fair and Foul explores our love of sport, just as it reveals sport’s darker side—the influence of big business, corruption, price gouging, political maneuvering, gender bias, media grandstanding, and more. The sixth edition features a new chapter on mass media and sport, a revised introduction that lays out the two themes of the book with fresh examples, and a significantly revised chapter on ... En savoir plus

    $53.99 CAD

  • Spitting in the Soup

    Inside the Dirty Game of Doping in Sports

    par Mark Johnson ...
    Doping is as old as organized sports. From baseball to horse racing, cycling to track and field, drugs have been used to enhance performance for 150 years. For much of that time, doping to do better was expected. It was doping to throw a game that stirred outrage.Doping is as old as organized sports. From baseball to horse racing, cycling to track and field, drugs have been used to enhance ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Canada's Game

    Hockey and Identity

    par Andrew C. Holman ...
    Contributors include Julian Ammirante (Laurentian University at Georgian), Jason Blake (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia), Robert Dennis (Queen's University), Jamie Dopp (University of Victoria), Russell Field (University of Manitoba), Greg Gillespie (Brock University), Richard Harrison (Mount Royal College), Craig Hyatt (Brock University), Brian Kennedy (Pasadena City College), Karen E.H. ... En savoir plus

    $23.19 CAD

  • Gaming the World

    How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture

    par Andrei S. Markovits, Lars Rensmann ...
    The globalizing influence of professional sportsProfessional sports today have truly become a global force, a common language that anyone, regardless of their nationality, can understand. Yet sports also remain distinctly local, with regional teams and the fiercely loyal local fans that follow them. This book examines the twenty-first-century phenomenon of global sports, in which professional ... En savoir plus

    $36.29 CAD

  • Sport

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Mike Cronin ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    Sport is big business; international in nature and the focus of much media and cultural attention. In this Very Short Introduction, Mike Cronin charts the history of sport, from its traditional origins in folk football and cock fighting to its position as a global phenomenon today. Looking at a variety of sports from team games such as rugby, cricket, and football to games for individuals such as ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Watching the Olympics

    Politics, Power and Representation

    Modifié par John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson ...
    Global sporting events involve the creation, management and mediation of cultural meanings for consumption by massive media audiences. The apotheosis of this cultural form is the Olympic Games. This challenging and provocative new book explores the Olympic spectacle, from the multi-media bidding process and the branding and imaging of the Games, to security, surveillance and control of the Olympic ... En savoir plus

    $97.55 CAD

  • Drug Games

    The International Olympic Committee and the Politics of Doping, 1960–2008

    par Thomas M. Hunt ...
    Collections series Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports
    On August 26, 1960, twenty-three-year-old Danish cyclist Knud Jensen, competing in that year's Rome Olympic Games, suddenly fell from his bike and fractured his skull. His death hours later led to rumors that performance-enhancing drugs were in his system. Though certainly not the first instance of doping in the Olympic Games, Jensen's death serves as the starting point for Thomas M. Hunt's ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD