Daniel Bloyce isDeputy Head of the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences and Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport and Exercise at the University of Chester, UK. He is co-editor of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, an editorial board member of the Graduate Journal of Social Science, and an expert panel member for the British Baseball Hall of Fame. His research interests include sport policy and development, the sociology of health and physical activity, figurational sociology and sociological theory, the globalization of sport, and the sportization of pastimes.
Andy Smith is Professor of Sport and Physical Activity at Edge Hill University, UK. His research interests focus on youth sport policy and development, and the sociology of physical education and school sport, health and disability. Andy is co-editor of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics and leads the Social Science of Sport Research Group at Edge Hill. His previous publications include Disability, Sport and Society (2008, with Nigel Thomas), An Introduction to Drugs in Sport (2008, with Ivan Waddington), and Doing Real World Research in Sports Studies (2013, with Ivan Waddington).