Open Access Books: Sport & Leisure Collection
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Welcome! On this page you can browse the breadth and depth of the Taylor & Francis Sport and Leisure Open Access Books program. Here you will find a rich variety of freely available Sport and Leisure content for students, researchers, and professionals. If you have questions about publishing your own work Open Access, you can fill out this form or contact the relevant Editor in your field listed below. We hope you enjoy browsing and look forward to hearing from you.
Featured Sport and Leisure Open Access Titles
The Work of Professional Football
A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of professional footballers.
Sport, Performance, and Sustainability
This book examines the logic of ‘faster, higher, and stronger’ and the technoscientific revolution that has driven tremendous growth…
The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Sustainable Development
A comprehensive and powerful survey of the ways in which sport engages with its social, environmental, and ethical responsibilities.
Routledge Handbook of Sport and the Environment
This text goes further than any other in surveying both the challenges and the opportunities presented to the sports industry…
Sport, Forced Migration and the ‘Refugee Crisis’
Take a look at what sport can tell us about the social processes, patterns and outcomes of forced migration and the ‘refugee crisis’.
Sport Stadiums and Environmental Justice
Explores the local environmental impact of sports stadiums, and how that impact can disproportionately affect communities of color.
Gender-Based Violence in Children’s Sport
Addresses the major forms of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in children’s sport, including sexual, physical, and psychological violence.
Digital Business Models in Sport
This book highlights the phenomenon of digitization in sport management, with a particular focus on business models and how they are being transformed.
Sport, Identity and Inclusion in Europe
This text explores and critically assesses the challenges and experiences of LGBTQ people within sport in Europe.
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Sports and Leisure Editors
Our open access team are here to help you with any questions you may have.
David Varley
Biomechanics, Biomechanics and Human Movement Science, Motor Control and Development, Sport and Exercise Science, Sports Coaching, Sports Injury, Sports Nutrition, Sports Performance Analysis, Sports Psychology
David commissions books in every area of sport and exercise science, including physiology, biomechanics, psychology, nutrition, strength and conditioning, sports injury, sports coaching, motor control and skill acquisition, performance analysis and physical activity and health. Working out of the US but with a global remit and portfolio of authors, he commissions books at all levels including Handbooks, Textbooks, and research books.
Simon Whitmore
Leisure Studies, Olympics and Paralympics, Physical Education Studies, Research Methods, Social Sciences, Sociology of Sport, Sports and Leisure
Simon Whitmore commissions books in the social sciences as applied to sport, exercise and leisure, including sport business and management, sport media, sport development, sociology of sport, history of sport, philosophy and ethics of sport, Olympic studies, disability sport, leisure studies, physical education, physical activity and health, and research methods. Working out of the UK but with a global portfolio of authors and projects, he commissions books at all levels, including textbooks, handbooks, and research monographs.
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