Books written by Daniel Parnell

  • Football, Community and Social Inclusion

    This book was originally published as a special issue of Soccer & Society.

  • Football and Popular Culture: Singing Out from the Stands

    More than a sport, it frequently manifests in broader popular culture. This book examines the significance of football for, and in, popular culture across a wide range of forms, including music, film, and social media.

  • Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management

    Since independence in 1961, the organisation and provision of football continues to be dysfunctional. ... country comprises various community matches and tournaments played in the capital, Freetown, as well as the small rural villages.

  • Football, Politics and Identity

    Sánchez played on four Liga MX teams – Atlas, Club América, Chivas de Guadalajara and Santos Laguna – and in three World Cups as the goalie for the Mexican national team. In 2000, Sánchez left América to come home to Guadalajara, ...

  • Football as Medicine: Prescribing Football for Global Health Promotion

    With its multi-disciplinary approach, this is a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners working in physical activity and health, public health, health promotion and medicine, as well as football and sport business ...

  • The Business of the FIFA World Cup

    On a non-matchday, fans can also be engaged onsite by offering exclusive stadium tours. ... For fans to be engaged on matchdays onsite, stadiums have to be upgraded and exclusive content inside stadiums (sportainment) has to be created.

  • Football and Health Improvement: An Emergent Field

    Through the contributions of policy makers, programme providers and researchers, this text provides insights into a range of issues surrounding the role of football as a vehicle for health improvement for different groups.

  • Sport and Health: Exploring the Current State of Play

    With sport being increasingly used to deliver public health interventions worldwide, this book critically examines the rationale and evidence for sport as a public health policy tool.

  • Healthy Stadia: An Insight from Policy to Practice

    ... beyond the narrow confines of physical education and sport science academic domains is necessary. Sport in the ... Football, Community and Sustainability Edited by Chris Porter, Anthony May and Annabel Kiernan From Olympic Administration ...