Golf is a major global industry. It is played by more than 60 million worldwide, and there are more than 32 000 courses across the globe in 140 countries including Africa, Central America and Central Asia. It is a sport that has particularly appealed to the wealth and powerful, though it is increasingly successful in attracting both golfers and spectators from a wide range of demographics. Golf has attractedcriticism regarding its impact on the environment, with particular concerns about its use of pesticides and the resulting impact on both wildlife and humans, and its excessive use of...
Golf is a major global industry. It is played by more than 60 million worldwide, and there are more than 32 000 courses across the globe in 140 countr...
We have entered into a new fitness boom characterized by interactive and customizable technology, from active video games such as Wii Fit to fitness apps and 'wearables'. This is the first book to examine these developments through a critical scholarly lens. It argues that human-technology relationships in fitness are now qualitatively different, requiring the consumption and production of information, a shift to 'prosumption' and interactivity. It examines the origins of these trends and implications for wider society, with the new tech rewarding some individuals and groups over others. A...
We have entered into a new fitness boom characterized by interactive and customizable technology, from active video games such as Wii Fit to fitnes...
"This is the first comprehensive study of the varying impacts of golf on the environment. Based on extensive empirical research, it includes interviews with major stakeholders in the golf industry as well as members of protest groups. The authors examine golf as a sport and as a global industry, drawing on three discrete literatures - the study of sport as a global social movement, environmental sociology and the study of corporate environmentalism."
"This is the first comprehensive study of the varying impacts of golf on the environment. Based on extensive empirical research, it includes interview...
This book is the first comprehensive study of the varyingresponses to golf-related environmental issues. The authors examine golf as asport and as a global industry, drawing on literaturespertaining to environmental sociology, global social movements, institutionalchange, corporate environmentalism and the sociology of sport. -- .
This book is the first comprehensive study of the varyingresponses to golf-related environmental issues. The authors examine golf as asport and as a g...
