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Traditional research methods textbooks tend to present an idealized and simplistic picture of the research process. This ground-breaking text however, features leading international sport researchers explaining how they actually carried out their ...

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Vårt medvetande är unikt som vetenskapligt ämne. Till att börja med finns det ingen konsensus kring hur det ska definieras. Åsikterna går isär om hur med vilka metoder man bör närma sig det. Under många decennier var medvetandeforskningen bortglöm...

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The Politics of Economic Activity confronts head-on deeply rooted understandings of how politics affects economics. The book proposes a robust, incisive alternative definition of politics: the mobilization of values to change or reproduce the inst...

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The Politics of Economic Activity confronts head-on deeply rooted understandings of how politics affects economics. The book proposes a robust, incisive alternative definition of politics: the mobilization of values to change or reproduce the inst...

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This volume examines the fundamental nature of the relationship between politics and economics, and proposes a new definition of politics; the mobilization of values to change or reproduce the institutions that orientate, and indeed make possible,...

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Evidence suggests that the first 10 or so years of life create the foundation for subsequent participation in recreational and health-related physical activity. This book brings together researchers and practitioners with expertise in issues relat...

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Emotions are widely acknowledged as an inextricable feature of human behaviour, experience and interaction. They are, arguably, the glue that can bind people together or, alternatively, drive them apart. While social scientists have paid increasin...

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Evidence suggests that the first 10 or so years of life create the foundation for subsequent participation in recreational and health-related physical activity. This book brings together researchers and practitioners with expertise in issues relat...

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Set against the backdrop of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, this book examines the impact on public policy from broader political decisions taken in relation to Olympic- and Paralympic-related policy. It considers the major political...

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Engaging with histories of the book and of reading, as well as with studies of material culture, this volume explores popularity in early modern English writings. Is popular best described as a theoretical or an empirical category in this period? ...

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When seventeen-year-old Alex's dad dies, it feels like her entire world stops-only it doesn't. Her family moves on as if nothing happened, and Alex feels pressured to do the same. She starts dating the quarterback of the football team, going to pa...

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The European Commission is an organization which has come to fascinate or repulse a range of national politicians, journalists and social scientists. In contrast to the prevailing image of the Commission as a 'bureaucrat's paradise'...

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Disability sport is a relatively recent phenomenon, yet it is also one that, particularly in the context of social inclusion, is attracting increasing political and academic interest. The purpose of this important new text the first of its kind is...

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Disability sport is a relatively recent phenomenon, yet it is also one that, particularly in the context of social inclusion, is attracting increasing political and academic interest. The purpose of this important new text the first of its kind is...

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Who makes sport policy and why do we need it? What is the purpose of sport development programmes? Sport Policy and Development answers these questions and more by closely examining the complex relationships between modern sport, sport policy and ...

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Who makes sport policy and why do we need it? What is the purpose of sport development programmes? Sport Policy and Development answers these questions and more by closely examining the complex relationships between modern sport, sport policy and ...

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The European Commission is an organization which has come to fascinate or repulse a range of national politicians, journalists and social scientists. In contrast to the prevailing image of the Commission as a 'bureaucrat's paradise'...

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Why do many athletes risk their careers by taking performance-enhancing drugs? Do the highly competitive pressures of elite sports teach athletes to win at any cost? An Introduction to Drugs in Sport provides a detailed and systematic examination ...

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Why do many athletes risk their careers by taking performance-enhancing drugs? Do the highly competitive pressures of elite sports teach athletes to win at any cost? An Introduction to Drugs in Sport provides a detailed and systematic examination ...

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Traditional research methods textbooks tend to present an idealized and simplistic picture of the research process. This ground-breaking text however, features leading international sport researchers explaining how they actually carried out their ...

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The Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport is a comprehensive survey of the latest research into young peoples involvement in sport. Drawing on a wide diversity of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, policy studies, coaching, physical educati...

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This volume looks at the skills, techniques, equipment and rules involved in playing rugby. It provides the history, rules and tips on how to play the game.

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This volume looks at the skills, techniques, equipment and rules involved in playing football. It provides the history, rules and tips on how to play the game.

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This volume looks at the skills, techniques, equipment and rules involved in playing cricket. It provides the history, rules and tips on how to play the game.

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This volume looks at the skills, techniques, equipment and rules involved in playing netball. It provides the history, rules and tips on how to play the game.

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This volume looks at the skills, techniques, equipment and rules involved in playing hockey. It provides the history, rules and tips on how to play the game.

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This volume looks at the skills, techniques, equipment and rules involved in playing basketball. It provides the history, rules and tips on how to play the game.

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This volume explores the skills, techniques, equipment and rules involved in playing rugby. As well as delving into the history of the game and the differences between Union and League it also provides tips on how to play.

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This volume explores the skills, techniques, equipment and rules involved in playing soccer. As well as delving into the history of the game it also provides tips on how to play.

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This volume explores the skills, techniques, equipment and rules involved in playing cricket. As well as delving into the history of the game it also provides tips on how to play.

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