The Moray House School of Education
Research - Themes & Projects

Researchers

Dr John Horne, (Physical Education, Sport & Leisure Studies, School of Education) University of Edinburgh

Keywords

Sport; leisure; sociology; Japan; J.League

Abstract

Research interest in sport in Japan was stimulated in the early 1990s by the launch of the professional soccer "J.League" and the well-publicised intention for the Japanese Football Association (JFA) to bid to host the 2002 World Cup Finals. The social significance of sport in Japan is being considered involving historical research, analysis of economic data relating to the J.League, and involvement in theoretical debates in the sociology of sport about globalization. This project has now expanded into a consideration of soccer in other East Asian societies.

Publications

Horne, J. & D. Jary (1994) 'Japan and the World Cup - Asia's First World Cup Finals Hosts?' in J. Sugden & A. Tomlinson (eds.) Hosts and Champions: Soccer Cultures, National Identities and the World Cup, Aldershot.
Horne, J., Jary, D., Yamashita, T., Seino, M., & Hashimoto, J. eds. (1995) Sociology of Sports and Leisure Dowa Shyoin Publishers, Tokyo, Japan - published in Japanese.
Horne, J. (1996) '"Sakka" in Japan', Media, Culture & Society, Volume 18, No. 4, 527-547.
Horne, J. (1998a) 'Understanding leisure time and leisure space in contemporary Japanese society', Leisure Studies, Volume 17, No.1, March.
Horne, J. (1998b) 'The contemporary politics of sport and leisure in Japan: global power and local resistance', International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Volume 33, No. 2, June.
Horne, J. (1999)'Soccer in Japan: is wa all you need?', Culture, Sport, Society, Vol. 2, No. 3, Autumn.
Horne, J. (2000)'Understanding sport and body culture in Japan', Body and Society, Vol.6, No. 2, June.
Horne, J. and Manzenreiter, W. (2002). Global Governance in World Sport and the 2002 World Cup Korea/Japan. In Japan, Korea and the 2002 World Cup, Horne, J and Manzenreiter, W. (Eds), Routledge, London.
Horne, J. and Bleakley, D. (2002). The Development of Football in Japan. In Japan, Korea and the 2002 World Cup. Horne, J. and Manzenreiter, W (Eds). Routledge, London.
Horne, J. and Bleakley, D. (2002). Japan in the World of Football. In Japan, Korea and the 2002 World Cup. Horne, J. and Manzenreiter, W. (Eds). Routledge, London.
Horne, J. and Manzenreiter, W. (2002).The World Cup and Television Football. In Japan, Korea and the 2002 World Cup. Horne, J. and Manzenreiter, W. (Eds). Routledge, London.
Horne, J. (2001). Professional Soccer in Japan. In Japan and Play. Ravierei, M. and Hendry, J. (Eds). Routledge, London, 204-218.

Duration / funding

1993 - 2009 / Internal plus travel grants from various universities, The National Museum of Ethnology, Japan, The British Council and The British Academy, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, The Japan Foundation.