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  • Doping

    A Sporting History

    de April Henning, Paul Dimeo ...
    Why is doping a perennial problem for sport? Is this solely a contemporary phenomenon? And should doping always be regarded as cheating, or do today’s anti-doping measures go too far?Drawing on case studies from the early twentieth century to the present day, Doping: A Sporting History explores why the current anti-doping system looks as it does, charting its origins to the founding of the modern ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • Doping

    Una storia di sport

    de April Henning, Paul Dimeo ...
    Traducido por Dea Merlini ...
    Il doping è un fenomeno esclusivamente contemporaneo? O è un problema endemico dello sport? E soprattutto, cos’è il doping e quali sono i suoi confini? Basandosi su casi di studio che vanno dall’inizio del secolo scorso ai giorni nostri, April Henning e Paul Dimeo esplorano la storia dell’attuale sistema antidoping, rintracciandone le radici nella fondazione delle moderne Olimpiadi. Dagli ideali ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Online Doping

    The Digital Ecosystem and Cyborgification of Drug Cultures

    de Jesper Andreasson, April Henning ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines the bodies, communities, and cultures that evolve in different online doping spaces. By engaging in critical analysis of the interrelatedness of online and offline doped realities, the book provides a comprehensive analysis influenced by digital sociology and feminist theory. It focuses on the intersection of doping, bodies, and technology, and is structured around three ... Leer más

    $116.99 USD

  • Doping in Sport and Fitness

    Edición de April Henning, Jesper Andreasson ...
    Series Libro 16 - Research in the Sociology of Sport
    Doping, as both practice and phenomenon, has largely been approached as a question of socio-cultural context and structures. Doping in Sport and Fitness argues that rigid differentiations between doping contexts – such as sport/fitness or elite/recreational – are less clear than it might seem. Breaking down these boundaries allows for a more complete understanding of substance use patterns, ... Leer más

    $107.99 USD

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  • Routledge Handbook of Drugs and Sport

    Edición de Verner Møller, Ivan Waddington, John Hoberman ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Doping has become one of the most important and high-profile issues in contemporary sport. Shocking cases such as that of Lance Armstrong and the US Postal cycling team have exposed the complicated relationships between athletes, teams, physicians, sports governing bodies, drugs providers, and judicial systems, all locked in a constant struggle for competitive advantage.The Routledge Handbook of ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • Faster, Higher, Stronger

    How Sports Science Is Creating a New Generation of Superathletes--and What We Can Learn from Them

    de Mark McClusky ...
    A New York Times bestseller“A smart and important book.”—Gretchen Reynolds, author of The First 20 MinutesPublications as varied as Wired, Men’s Fitness, and The New Yorker are abuzz over the New York Times bestseller Faster, Higher, Stronger. In it, veteran journalist Mark McClusky explains how today’s top athletes are turning to advanced technology and savvy science to improve their p... ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

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  • Material Girls

    Why Reality Matters for Feminism

    de Kathleen Stock ...
    PREORDER KATHLEEN STOCK'S NEW BOOK DO NOT GO GENTLE: THE CASE AGAINST ASSISTED DEATH (APRIL, 2026)'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an important book' Evening Standard'A call for cool heads at a time of great heat and a vital reminder that revolutions don't always end well' Sunday TimesMaterial Girls is a timely and trenchant criti... ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

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  • The Logic of Care

    Health and the Problem of Patient Choice

    de Annemarie Mol ...
    **Shortlisted for the BSA Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2010**What is good care? In this innovative and compelling book, Annemarie Mol argues that good care has little to do with 'patient choice' and, therefore, creating more opportunities for patient choice will not improve health care.Although it is possible to treat people who seek professional help as customers or citizens, Mol ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

  • Drugs for Life

    How Pharmaceutical Companies Define Our Health

    de Joseph Dumit ...
    Series series Experimental futures
    Every year the average number of prescriptions purchased by Americans increases, as do healthcare expenditures, which are projected to reach one-fifth of the U.S. gross domestic product by 2020. In Drugs for Life, Joseph Dumit considers how our burgeoning consumption of medicine and cost of healthcare not only came to be, but also came to be taken for granted. For several years, Dumit attended ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat:The science behind drugs in sport

    The science behind drugs in sport

    de Chris Cooper ...
    Drugs in sport are big news and the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is common. Here, Chris Cooper, a top biochemist at the University of Essex, looks at the science behind drugs in sport. Using the performance of top athletes, Cooper begins by outlining the limits of human performance. Showing the basic problems of human biochemistry, physiology, and anatomy, he looks at what stops us ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Research Ethics

    A Philosophical Guide to the Responsible Conduct of Research

    de Gary Comstock ...
    Education in the responsible conduct of research typically takes the form of online instructions about rules, regulations, and policies. Research Ethics takes a novel approach and emphasizes the art of philosophical decision-making. Part A introduces egoism and explains that it is in the individual's own interest to avoid misconduct, fabrication of data, plagiarism and bias. Part B explains ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

  • Fair and Foul

    Beyond the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport

    de D. Stanley Eitzen ...
    Fair and Foul explores our love of sport, just as it reveals sport’s darker side—the influence of big business, corruption, price gouging, political maneuvering, gender bias, media grandstanding, and more. The sixth edition features a new chapter on mass media and sport, a revised introduction that lays out the two themes of the book with fresh examples, and a significantly revised chapter on ... Leer más

    $41.99 USD