Editorial

This fifth edition of sosol also marks its second anniversary. Since its inception, many journals have been launched while others have appeared, either wholly or in part, on the internet. However, despite this increasing competition we believe that sosol is building on the foundations laid and establishing a reputation for itself as a credible outlet for quality publications. This latest edition contains two articles in the main section, one in the student's subdivision and a book review. Firstly, the paper by Hawkins explores the inter-workings of race, religion and sport in the US as viewed through the recent expansion of the Promise Keepers religious movement, while that by Hardin and Hardin investigates the images of disability as portrayed in the current world of professional wrestling. Alternatively, the offering by Sagas et al in the student's section proposes the development of a commercialised model for women's inter-collegiate sports in the US, in the hope that greater compliance by universities and colleges to the Title XI legislation would result. Finally, a book review by Robyn Jones of Hare and Dauncey's edited collection of essays on the France 98 World Cup 'France and the 1998 World Cup: The national impact of a world sporting event' is presented.

The next edition of sosol is a thematic one which focuses on student learning within the sociology of sport. As all sport sciences programmes in the UK will undergo an external review of teaching quality in the upcoming 18 months this is a topic of particular relevance. We would consequently like to use this next edition of sosol as a forum for critical debate on teaching and learning within our field. In addition to traditional research papers, submissions are invited in a number of formats, for example: case-studies of curriculum innovation, discussion papers, grouped papers with responses, literature reviews etc. Responses and follow-up papers will be encouraged in future editions of sosol. We look forward to hearing from you.

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