All ebooks by K. Spracklen in PDF
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All ebooks by K. Spracklen in PDF


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Download this eBook Making the Moral Case for Social Sciences
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Making the Moral Case for Social Sciences


K. Spracklen


The social sciences have a legitimacy problem in the modern world.The natural sciences are viewed as 'proper science' by journalists and policy-makers because they discover 'truths', make money, and help governments solve problems. In turn, defenders of the social...

Publication date: 2015-12-03
Format: PDF
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Sounds and the City


B. Lashua , K. Spracklen , S. Wagg


This book explores the ways in which Western-derived music connects with globalization, hybridity, consumerism and the flow of cultures. Both as local terrain and as global crossroads, cities remain fascinating spaces of cultural contestation and meaning-making via the...

Publication date: 2014-05-27
Format: PDF
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Whiteness and Leisure


K. Spracklen


This book develops a new theory of instrumental whiteness and leisure. Empirical research is drawn upon to highlight whiteness across a comprehensive and internationally-grounded range of leisure practices. The book explores sports participation, sports media and sports...

Publication date: 2013-06-24
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Download this eBook Constructing Leisure
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Constructing Leisure


K. Spracklen


This book looks back at the meaning and purpose of leisure in the past. But this is not a simple social history of leisure. It is not enough to write a history of leisure on its own in fact, it is impossible without engaging in the debate about what counts as leisure...

Publication date: 2011-10-12
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Sport and Challenges to Racism


J. Long , K. Spracklen


With an international line-up of contributors, this book examines challenges to racism in and through sport. It addresses the different agents of change in the context of wider socio-political shifts and explores issues of policy formation, practices in sport and...

Publication date: 2010-11-17
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Download this eBook The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure
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The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure


K. Spracklen


This book uses the work of Jurgen Habermas to interrogate leisure as a meaningful, theoretical concept. Drawing on examples from sport, culture and tourism, and going beyond concerns about the grand project of leisure, Spracklen argues that leisure is central to...

Publication date: 2009-05-07
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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