International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print. In many so-called developed countries, participation to at least one physical activity or sport is a mass phenomenon. More, the combination of a high involvement rate and omnivorousness/v…
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print. Weight stigma is a negative social process that involves discrimination against overweight and obese people. Gyms are important environments to promote exercise where weight stigma can be…
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print. Two events have brought the social movement in Bahrain to light yet again: the temporary detention of the football player Hakeem Al-Araibi in Thailand for alleged ‘terrorist’ acts and the…
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print. In comparison to the natural sciences, there is a lack of empirically grounded social scientific research which addresses how people arrive at forming pleasurable interpretations of physi…
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print. Using new data from the National Sports and Society Survey (N = 3993), this study first examines the extent to which US adults recognize that sports teach love of country, competition as …
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 575-596, June 2022. In recent decades, the political, economic, and social environment in the Peoples’ Republic of China has opened up to inflows of commerce and culture from aro…
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print. The global expansion of sports betting has resulted in the formation of (inter)national governing regimes aimed at sustaining revenue and regulating attendant issues, including match-fixi…
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print. Sport scandals have attracted significant interest within and beyond the sociology of sport. However, developing a theoretical understanding of sport scandals has so far been neglected. T…
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print. Globally, mixed martial arts has seen a staggering level of growth in participation and fandom over the past 20 years. This paper presents the results from an immersive participant ethnog…
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print. Migration experiences are common for athletes, especially in team sports. Moving from home to a recruiting sport club has become an indispensable career investment. This is also the case …