Introduction to figurational research in sport, leisure and health -- The development of modern sport : sportization and civilizing processes -- Game models as a framework for understanding power in the male football figuration -- "Football fitness" : a quest for excitement or a leisure routinization? -- The theory of established-outsider relations : understanding gender relations in the cricket figuration -- The development of mixed martial arts : using the quest for excitement and informalization to understand sportization -- Doing developmental research as a figurational sociologist : a case study on the long-term sportization of swimming -- On (not) becoming : involved-detachment and sports "violence" -- Doing (figurational) research : using semi-structured interviews in the field of public health -- Figurational research and doping in professional cycling -- A figurational understanding of sport organizations : the case of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland -- Sport policy, sports development and figurational sociology -- Figurational sociological approaches to sport, exercise and health.
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Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 106
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