Books in the Routledge International Handbooks series

The Routledge Handbook of Pediatric Physical Activity surveys many issues facing this field. It helps to develop an understanding of the underlying issues related to pediatric physical activity as well as the role physical activity plays on cognitive, psychomotor, and social aspects of childhood.

The Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise is the first book to offer a fully comprehensive survey of established and emerging qualitative methods, from conceptual first principles to practice and process. Written by world-leading qualitative researchers, the book reflects upon the nature of qualitative research in sport and introduces the full range of research traditions within which qualitative researchers work.

The Routledge International Handbook of Juvenile Homicide is the definitive work on juvenile homicide. This volume provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, and in-depth exploration of what is known about juveniles involved in murder.

Thematically organised, this volume brings together leading scholars working in the field of `Parsonian Studies¿ to explore the background of Talcott Parsons¿s work, the content of his oeuvre and his subsequent influence in different regions of the world and on particular students.

The Routledge International Handbook of Homicide Investigation brings together research and personal insights from detectives, practitioners, academics and experts internationally on investigation of homicides.

Authoritative, multi-displinery and international, this handbook defines the new theoretical and empirical traditions of Critical Gang Studies, taking into account the gang as a socio-cultural formation, its various forms and stages of development, the role of race and political economy, and the contradictory impact of repressive policies.

This multidisciplinary reference book brings together cutting-edge health and illness topics from around the globe. It offers a range of theoretical and critical perspectives to provide contemporary insights into complex health issues that can offer ways to address inequitable patterns of illness and ill-health.

This handbook offers a unique critical, and cross-disciplinary approach to the study of community psychology, showing how it can address the systemic challenges arising from multiple crises facing people across the world.

The Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis explores and clarifies the challenge of defining what hypnosis is and how best to integrate it into treatment.

This book emphasizes the current understanding of the underlying metabolic, cellular, genetic and cell signalling mechanisms associated with physical activity, exercise, and athletic performance as they relate to, interact with and regulate cellular and muscular adaptations and effects on human health, nutrition and human performance.

This handbook provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary survey of contemporary research related to the Horn of Africa. Accessibly written, it is an essential read for scholars, students and policy professionals interested in the contemporary politics in the Horn of Africa.

This comprehensive Handbook provides an authoritative overview of key theoretical and policy areas, covering topics like econometric methods for education economics, returns to education, competition in education provision, education and economic growth, and education and inequality.

This handbook contains 30 academic contributions that aim to provide a better understanding of whether, why, and how philanthropic initiatives, understood as voluntary contributions for the common good, can and should be fostered by states through tax incentives.

This handbook offers a comprehensive survey of interdisciplinary research related to smuggling, reflecting on key themes, and charting current and future trends. The volume covers themes such as mobility, borders, violent conflict, and state politics, as well as looking at the smuggling of specific goods.

This pioneering handbook proposes an approach to pluralism that is relational, principled, and non-relativistic, going beyond banal calls for mere "tolerance".

This handbook provides an authoritative and foundational disciplinary overview of African Public Policy and a comprehensive examination of the practicalities of policy analysis, policymaking processes, implementation and administration in Africa today.

This Handbook is the first to explore the emergent field of 'placemaking' in terms of the recent research, teaching and learning, and practice agenda for the next few years. Offering valuable insights from the leading scholars and practitioners in the field, it provides cutting-edge interdisciplinary research on the placemaking sector.

This handbook argues that the study of Islam from an African context is integral to the broader Muslim world. An important and timely contribution to a subject that is often diffusely studied, and will be of interest to researchers across religious studies, African studies, politics, and sociology.

The Routledge Handbook of Financial Literacy provides a comprehensive reference work that addresses both research perspectives and practical applications to financial education. This is the first volume to summarize the milestones of research in financial literacy from multiple perspectives to offer a big picture overview.

Drawing upon perspectives from across the globe and employing an interdisciplinary life course approach, this handbook explores the production and reproduction of different types of inequality, such as economic, gender, racial and ethnic inequalities, across a variety of social contexts, including health, education and the family.

A compendium of relevant empirical research and clinical best practices for assessment and treatment, this handbook charts the course that clinical sport psychology has taken since its inception as a distinct clinical specialty and highlights future directions for this rapidly growing practice domain.

This book brings together leading scholars to `de-Westernize¿ the academic debate on media accountability. Offering reports on the state of media regulation in over thirty countries worldwide, it provides a theoretically informed and comparative analysis of different models of media self-regulation and newsroom transparency around the globe.

The Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis, Subjectivity, and Technology uniquely provides a comprehensive overview of human subjectivity in the technological age and how psychoanalysis can help us better understand human life.

The Routledge Handbook of Urban Logistics offers a state of the art, comprehensive overview of the discipline of urban and city logistics. The COVID-19 pandemic and the rise in internet shopping in particular has placed new demands on urban logistics which require innovative technological and policy responses.

The Routledge International Handbook of Perspectives on Second and Third Generation Holocaust Survivors offers a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge studies from the wide range of fields dealing with new research about descendants of Holocaust survivors

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the history, and development of sport from the ancient to the contemporary era in China. It explores topics including the history of Chinese traditional sport, the rise of modern sport, physical education, and leisure and tourism.

The Routledge Handbook on the International Dimension of Transatlantic Relations is an essential and comprehensive reference for the regulation of transatlantic relations across a range of subjects, bringing together contributions from scholars, policy makers, lawyers and political scientists.

Adopting a holistic definition of the role of the sport psychology consultant, it introduces the most effective tools and skills that sport psychology practitioners need to help to their clients and explains how effective counselling, assessment, and therapeutic models add necessary dimensions to professional practice.