Description: The authors trace the movements associated with labour, women, rights, peace and the environment, and their relationship to sport and to mega-events such as the Olympic Games.
Brief description: Parissa Safai is an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science in the Faculty of Health at York University. Her research interests focus on the critical study of sport at the intersection of risk, health and healthcare. This includes research on sports' "culture of risk", the development and social organization of sport and exercise medicine, as well as the social determinants of athletes' health. Her work has been published in such journals as the Sociology of Sport Journal, the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Sport History Review and the Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin canadien?d'histoire de la médecine.
Review Quotes: "Overall, it is very well researched and the content is based on multinational evidence ... The book is structured in a manner that is easy to follow. The extensive literature review and research behind this book makes it primarily suitable for researchers, graduate and master students in various sport science fields." --Idrottsforum