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1. Sport and Peace-Building in Divided Societies

   Playing with the Enemy

   By John Sugden

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   Sport is a cultural institution that stands at the interface between political and civil society. In divided communities, sport has been an agent of separation, sectarian hatred and violence, but also a highly effective tool for conflict resolution, reconciliation and peace-building. In this...

   To Be Published June 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. 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
3. 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