Running across Europe : the rise and size of one of the largest sport markets /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Scheerder, Jeroen (Editor), Breedveld, Koen, 1964- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:	Running > Europe. Running > Social aspects > Europe. Running > Economic aspects > Europe.

Table of Contents:

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
Belgium (Flanders): trends and governance in running / Julie Borgers, Steven Vos and Jeroen Scheerder
Denmark: running for the sake of running? A profile and segmentation of runners / Peter Forsberg
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
Finland: from elite running to mass running events / Hanna Vehmas and Jukka Lahti
Germany: running participation, motivation and images / Kirstin Hallmann, Christoph Breuer and Sören Dallmeyer
Greece: mass running, a new trend from ancient times? / Leonidas Petridis
Hungary: the popularisation and expansion of amateur running culture / Szilvia Perényi
The Netherlands: rising participation rates, shifting segments / Paul Hover, Harold van der Werff and Koen Breedveld
Slovenia: the case of Ljubljana marathon participants / Mojca Doupona Topi? and Samo Rauter
Spain: a sociological analysis of the evolution and characteristics of running / Ramon Llopig-Goig and Anna Vilanova
Running across Europe: the way forward / Koen Breedveld, Jeroen Scheerder and Julie Borgers.