This book examines the concept of ‘lockdown leisure’ as closely related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Through a range of inter-disciplinary chapters, the volume unpacks leisure life in lockdown contexts through a range of empirical, conceptual and theoretical contributions. In many countries, a key response to the global Covid-19 pandemic was the implementation of national, regional or local lockdowns. Focusing on the diverse medium and long-term socio-cultural impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, this book examining how various forms of lockdowns impacted leisure activities, industries, cultures and spaces across a variety of transnational contexts. It contains original chapters on topics including but not limited to physical activity, cultural participation, recreation and green spaces, technology, and social exclusion. And so, it shows how Covid-19 lockdowns transformed existing, and produced new, leisure activities. This book is a fascinating reading for students and researchers of leisure studies, sociology, media and cultural studies, youth studies, and educational studies. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal, Leisure Studies.

The most up-to-date book on the relationship between sport and crime. Provides new perspectives for students of sport studies, criminology or sociology. Topical, with stories of crime, corruption, doping and abuse in sport frequently in the news. Theoretically sophisticated, offering important new critical tools for understanding the sport-crime nexus.

This book explores various social, cultural, political and economic issues through the lenses of various sport mega-events in the twenty-first century, including the Olympic Games, and the World Cup and European Championships in football. In a time where sport mega-events are closely followed by controversies, legacy discourses and questions of their governance, the chapters within this book showcase why sport mega-events continue to ignite important questions for scholars, commentators, fans and sport and political authorities. By covering various topics emerging around sport mega-events such as physical activity, legacies, rhetoric, media coverage, environmental impacts, diplomacy and spectators' experiences, this book breaks new ground as it considers a range of longstanding and emerging socio-political issues relating broadly to the staging of spectacular sport mega-events in the present-day. This is a fascinating reading for students and researchers situated in sociology, sport management, event management, political science, sport studies, sport business, urban studies and leisure studies. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

This is the first book-length political sociology of the European Football Championships (Euros). The Euros are the third largest sporting mega-event in the world. Explores key themes and emerging trends in sport studies, including digitalisation, the politics of co-hosting, and environmental concerns.

The most up-to-date book on the relationship between sport and crime. Provides new perspectives for students of sport studies, criminology or sociology. Topical, with stories of crime, corruption, doping and abuse in sport frequently in the news. Theoretically sophisticated, offering important new critical tools for understanding the sport-crime nexus.

Academic importance: The study of football and risk remains as important as ever in the social life and a critical examination of this relationship will touch the surface of wider trends (and risks) in the 2020s and beyond. Topicality: Risk and football are two elements that feature constantly in public debates. The book discusses highly topical issues such as the FIFA World Cup's expansion to 48 teams, the English Premier League's 'Project Restart' (following Covid-19) and environmental risks in context of the 2026 World Cup in Mexico, Canada, and the USA. Future-oriented: A short and accessible text that aims to provide directions for future research in the field. It will resonate well with undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers developing projects in this area. Newness and originality: There are currently very few - if any - books that take a sociological approach to 'global risks' specifically situated in football.

Offers an understanding of 'security' and 'safety' in the modern world. Captures the dramatic moments in which COVID-19 transitioned into a security threat with severe impacts on the world of football and well beyond. Makes a series of timely and important contributions and advances existing debates in the social study of sports.

John, 46, meets Elsa, 86, and together they go for a hilarious trip to help their friend who has just returned from West Papua. The collision of their very different life experiences results in a strange dialogue in which John discovers new perspectives and solutions to life's big questions. On their rescue mission, their friendship matures through a number of unexpected trials.
"Money and the Art of Losing Control" is for those of you who are interested in how to make and spend money with a clear conscience and who would like to understand more about economics than you can learn at a university in Chicago. It is also for those of you who would like to know how religion, thermodynamics, humour, sex and philosophy can be combined into a simple working formula for a really good life.
For a philosophy of a complete life to prevail, it has to admit humanity.
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The Swedish Road to the MOQ
If you enjoy the films of Ingmar Bergman and the books of Robert Pirsig, you'll enjoy this book. It's often forgotten that much of Pirsig's second book, "Lila. An Inquiry into Morals" was written in a wood cabin on the Swedish coast. "Money and the Art of Losing Control" expands on the rather bleak atmosphere of the former to the knife edge of credibility. In a country that is cold and dark for much of the year, it should come of no surprise that the Swedish approach to life has developed an underlying black humour with a touch of stoicism and the rather uninhibited Scandinavian view (at least for my reserved English eyes) of human sexuality. You will not have to read too far in Mr Andersson's book to find all of these elements; often in combination.
Keeping in mind the caveat at the beginning of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" about it not being much concerned with motorcycle maintenance or Zen, you will be disappointed if you are looking to "Money and the Art of Losing Control" as a precise guide for making money. However, in the same way that Pirsig's book is a "meta-book" about motorcycle maintenance (in the sense of finding the best attitude of mind before engaging in this type of endeavour), you will likewise find Mr Andersson's book helpful in developing the right attitude for money making... Oh, and on the way (as we travel through the snowy Swedish forests with the happy couple of John and Elsa), it is also worth noting that included in the narrative are some useful insights about the good life as viewed through the prism of Robert Pirsig's "Metaphysics of Quality."
Dr Anthony McWatt
May 2012

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Region: Sudasien, Note: 1,0, Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg (Sudasien-Institut Heidelberg), Veranstaltung: Governance: Die Transformation des Staates und die Rolle von NGOs, 27 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Globalisierung und ihre immensen Auswirkungen nicht nur auf das internationale Staatensystem sondern auf alle Ebenen politischer Regulierung hat neue Herausforderungen aber auch Chancen mit sich mitgebracht. Es sind neue Konzepte entstanden, die helfen sollen, globale soziale und okologische Probleme, die sich den nationalstaatlichen Steuerungsmoglichkeiten entziehen, zu losen und neue politische Gestaltungsformen zu formulieren. Eines der prominentesten Modelle der letzten Jahre ist sowohl innerhalb als auch ausserhalb der Forschungsdebatte unter dem Begriff Global Governance" bekannt geworden. Durch die Vernetzung verschiedener politischer Ebenen und Akteure und neue Regelungsmechanismen spielen neben den zwischenstaatlichen Beziehungen und den multinationalen Unternehmen nun auch andere nichtstaatliche Akteure eine zunehmend relevantere Rolle. Es gibt bereits seit vielen Jahren die unterschiedlichsten globalen Institutionen, wie beispielsweise die Vereinten Nationen, die eine grenzuberschreitende Kooperation verbessern sollen. Die Nicht-Regierungsorganisation, abgekurzt NGO, ist dabei einer der facetttenreichsten und vielversprechensten Institutionen. Sie sollen im Rahmen des Global Governance Ansatzes die globale Zivilgesellschaft vertreten und deren Interessen sichtbar machen. Indien wird oft als the NGO capital of the world, with up to 100.000 different organizations and self-help associations" (BTA 2008)1 bezeichnet, und eignet sich daher ausgezeichnet, um die Phanomene NGO und Global Governance in Form eines Fallbeispiels naher zu betrachten. Um genau verstehen zu konnen wie und ob NGOs ihre Rolle als Demokratisierer' der internat