A Nymph's Tale: A collection of Whimsical Fables

In Great Expectations, Christopher Doob provides a well-written overview of the structural and social dynamics in organized team sports. The focus of this text is on providing accessible analysis of sports participation at various levels. The text draws from numerous sources and makes excellent use of case studies and detailed stories about athletes to illustrate the concepts being discussed. For the sociological reader, this book provides rich examples of concepts often discussed in sociology of sports classes… [and] address[es] contemporary topics of debate within the public domain and can thus provide fodder for class discussions on those topics. Gretchen Peterson, American Journal of Sociology (2020)
Great Expectations provides important insight into the historical, cultural, and contextual influences that have shaped contemporary sports programs in North America. Christopher B. Doob offers excellent insight into the journeys of elite athletes in modern American sports, beginning from organized activities for children and continuing to the professional ranks. Given the different case studies, photos, and detailed references...Great Expectations could be used as a supplemental for upper-level undergraduate and graduate classes in a sport management curriculum. Emma S. Ariyo, Journal of Sport Management (2019

In his new book, Doob has examined team athletes in the United States from various sociological perspectives—from youth sports to the most outstanding elite. Each chapter concludes with summary and class discussion issues plus an abundance of references….Thus, the book is commendably pedagogical… [its] content has both breadth and depth and you gain an increased insight into American team sports. Anders Östnäs, Lund University, idrottsforum.org

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Super PACs, mega-donors, grassroots activists fueled by social media, a Twitter-crazed president, and alternative facts. Where are the political parties in this unstable and occasionally toxic mixture? John Kenneth White and Matthew R. Kerbel give us an excellent analysis and keen insight into today’s national political parties. This new edition of their important book is highly recommended.
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In this excellent new edition of their book, John White and MatthewKerbel once again demonstrate that change can only be appreciated and understood in the context of what has come before. In the era of Donald Trump and social media, Democrats and Republicans both face a myriad of new challenges. The authors present historical context to establish convincingly that, in many ways, we’ve been here before and the parties have managed to adapt. In spite of all the new challenges, they remain optimistic that the parties—and the democracy they serve—can and will weather the current storms.
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This new edition by White and Kerbel is an expert effort to explain the bewildering changes in party politics in the age of Trump. As—or if—we recover our bearings, we will gain much from their historical and empirical pathways through America's new and unexplored terrain.
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