In a recent edition of this journal, Mannion and Braithwaite provide a succinct analysis of the emergence, and ultimately limited impact, of what they term the current ‘Safety I’ movement in healthcare. They describe the arc of this field from denial, through engagement via mechanisms and approaches imported from other industries, to the current situation where, despite ‘best efforts,’ error ra...

By drawing upon and attaching a new layer to the “security field” concept, this article examines conceptualizes European security practices challenges through lens of football. At critical juncture for in both Europe football, questions (i) how supranational regulation informing football’s field has evolved since 1985 (ii) exactly field’s regulators – Council Europe, EU, UEFA set standards rema...

case study 18 to 29 years of kurdistan youths theoretical framework of this study is based on theories of rojek, stibens and bourdieu and studies the situation of leisure time among youths as one of the social groups influencing the dynamics of cultural, social and political deal. survey method and questionnaire have been used to collect data and analyzes has been made. the study population con...

Virtual environments as spaces for leisure are rapidly emerging within the zeitgeist of 21st century practices. One such environment is Zwift cycling and running app which provides a series virtual worlds where cyclists runners can train, race, socialise with global community from their own home. As four authors, we all in some way curious or engaged platform our leisure. We therefore developed...

Abstract It is well-established that sport mega-events remain highly relevant sites of enquiry for sociologists leisure. Whereas are associated with a range diverse and (un-)intended socio-spatial impacts, they can also have transformative impacts on children young people. Against this backdrop, article discusses the inter-relationship between By focusing predominantly Olympic planning, partici...

Development sociology as a distinct area of study gained prominence in the post-world war era with the evolving interest in political and economic progression of the post-colonial world. The emerging discipline from the mainstream sociology have been particularly interested in development paths and strategies adopted in nations in the various regions of the world with greater emphasis in develo...

Today, leisure time is changing by globalization and using of information technology. Most of people especially women prefer to spend their leisure time by modern technologies. Thus, they spend their leisure time to look up satellite programs and use of the internet. This research has done for sociological consideration of the globalization of communications (internet  & satellite) on leisure t...