Book Review

Bairner A (2006) The Leicester school and the study of football hooliganism. Sport in Society 9(4): 583–598.

Curry G (2020) Putting football on the academic map: Eric Dunning and the study of association football. Sport in Society 23(10): 1606–1614.

Dunning E (1977) In defense of developmental sociology: A critique of Popper’s poverty of historicism with special reference to the theory of Auguste Comte. Amsterdams Sociologisch Tijdschrift 4(3): 326–348.

Dunning E (1999) Sport Matters: Sociological Studies of Sport, Violence and Civilisation. London: Routledge.

Dunning E Hopper E (1966) Industrialisation and the problem of convergence: A critical note. Sociological Review 14(2): 163–186.

Dunning E Hughes J (2012) Norbert Elias and Modern Sociology: Knowledge, Interdependence, Power, Process. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Dunning E Malcolm D Waddington I (2004) Sport Histories: Figurational Studies in the Development of Modern Sports. London: Routledge.

Dunning E Sheard K (1979) Barbarians, Gentlemen and Players: A Sociological Study of the Development of Rugby Football. Oxford: Martin Robertson.

Elias N (1956) Problems of involvement and detachment. The British Journal of Sociology 7(3): 226–252.

Elias N Dunning E (1986) Quest for Excitement: Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process. Oxford: Blackwell.

Green K (2013) Physical education and figurational sociology: An appreciation of the work of Eric Dunning. In: Malcolm D Waddington I (eds) Matters of Sport. London: Routledge, 148–162.

Malcolm D Waddington I (2020) Scholar, gentleman and player: A tribute to Eric Dunning. Sport in Society 23(10): 1581–1586.