Running across Europe
Subtitle: the rise and size of one of the largest sport markets
By: [selection and editorial matter by] Jeroen Scheerder, University of Leuven, Belgium, Koen Breedveld, Radboud University, Netherlands, with, Julie Borgers, University of Leuven, Belgium
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137446367
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Running
Table of contents: title: Who is doing a run with the running boom? The growth and governance of one of Europe's most popular sport activities / Jeroen Scheerder, Koen Breedveld and Julie Borgers; title: Belgium (Flanders): trends and governance in running / Julie Borgers, Steven Vos and Jeroen Scheerder; title: Denmark: running for the sake of running? A profile and segmentation of runners / Peter Forsberg; title: England: the governance and history of running, the decision to run, and trends in running participation / Andrew Spiers, Spencer Harris, Angela Charlton and Peter Smale; title: Finland: from elite running to mass running events / Hanna Vehmas and Jukka Lahti; title: Germany: running participation, motivation and images / Kirstin Hallmann, Christoph Breuer and Sören Dallmeyer; title: Greece: mass running, a new trend from ancient times? / Leonidas Petridis; title: Hungary: the popularisation and expansion of amateur running culture / Szilvia Perényi; title: The Netherlands: rising participation rates, shifting segments / Paul Hover, Harold van der Werff and Koen Breedveld; title: Slovenia: the case of Ljubljana marathon participants / Mojca Doupona Topi? and Samo Rauter; title: Spain: a sociological analysis of the evolution and characteristics of running / Ramon Llopig-Goig and Anna Vilanova; title: Running across Europe: the way forward / Koen Breedveld, Jeroen Scheerder and Julie Borgers.