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1. FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)

   By Alan Tomlinson

   In this book, the history and underlying political dynamics characterizing the growth of FIFA and its relationships with global-regional federations and international associations are detailed in a helpful and concise introduction....

   To Be Published September 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. Sport and the Transformation of Modern Europe

   States, media and markets 1950-2010

   Edited by Alan Tomlinson, Christopher Young, Richard Holt

   Series: CRESC

   In the modern era, sport has been an important agent, and symptom, of the political, cultural and commercial pressures for convergence and globalization. In this fascinating, inter-disciplinary study, leading international scholars explore the making of modern sport in Europe, illuminating sport...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
3. Understanding Sport

   An Introduction to the Sociological and Cultural Analysis of Sport

   By John Horne, Alan Tomlinson, Garry Whannel

   Bringing a cultural and social dimension to the study of sport, this introductory guide will help students understand the context of sport and the place it has in the lives of individuals as well as in modern British society as a whole. Theoretically rigorous yet accessible, Understanding Sport&...

   Published October 11th 2012 by Routledge
4. Understanding Sport

   A socio-cultural analysis

   By John Horne, Alan Tomlinson, Garry Whannel, Kath Woodward

   Series: CRESC

   In the decade or more since publication of the first edition of Understanding Sport, both sport and wider global society have undergone profound change. In this fully updated, revised and expanded edition of their classic textbook, John Horne, Alan Tomlinson, Garry Whannel and Kath Woodward offer a...

   Published July 15th 2012 by Routledge
5. Watching the Olympics

   Politics, Power and Representation

   Edited by 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...

   Published August 1st 2011 by Routledge
6. Understanding Sport

   A Socio-Cultural Analysis

   By John Horne, Alan Tomlinson, Garry Whannel, Kath Woodward

   What is the significance of sport in contemporary society? To what extent can sport be seen as an agent of socio-cultural change? In the decade or more since publication of the first edition of Understanding Sport, both sport and wider global society have experienced profound change. In this...

   Published July 31st 2011 by Routledge
7. The Sport Studies Reader

   Edited by Alan Tomlinson

   "This anthology provides breadth, depth, and continuity in a thoughtfully presented selection of classic, current, and provocative readings. For instructors it is the "course pack" they’ve always wanted to prepare, and for students it is the readings they’ve spent untold hours seeking in libraries…...

   Published December 12th 2006 by Routledge
8. German Football

   History, Culture, Society

   Edited by Alan Tomlinson, Christopher Young

   This topical book provides unprecedented analysis of football's place in post-war and post-reunification Germany. The expert team of German and British contributors offers wide-ranging perspectives on the significance of football in German sporting and cultural life,...

   Published December 21st 2005 by Routledge
9. Power Games

   A Critical Sociology of Sport

   Edited by John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson

   Critical and radical perspectives have been central to the emergence of the sociology of sport as a discipline in its own right. This ground-breaking new book is the first to offer a comprehensive theory and method for a critical sociology of sport. It argues that class, political economy, hegemony...

   Published July 17th 2002 by Routledge
10. Consumption, Identity and Style

    Marketing, meanings, and the packaging of pleasure

    Edited by Alan Tomlinson

    Series: Comedia

    Published February 28th 1990 by Routledge