Andrew Yiannakis
Biographic Data
| ID | 324112 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Yiannakis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Yiannakis |
| SIGNATURE | YIANNAKIS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Connecticut |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 232 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Sociology of Tourism
The rapid expansion of the tourism industry has provided many economic benefits and affected every facet of contemporary societies including employment, government revenue and cultural manifestations. However, tourism can also be considered a problematic phenomenon, promoting dependency, underdevelopment and adverse sociocultural effects, especially for developing countries. This pioneering work provides a comprehensive review of these complex to…
Forecasting in Sport
The rationalization of modern sport has made it possible for social scientists to predict the results of sports events with greater accuracy. In this study we applied multivariate time series analysis to determine the degree to which soccer results could be predicted with three teams in the English Premier League. Success was based on the model's ability to predict the outcome for each of three dependent binary variables; that is, to win, to lose…
Roles Tourists Play
Tourist roles
The sociology of tourism
Roles tourists play
Some Additional Thoughts on Developing an Applied Sociology of Sport
Toward an Applied Sociology of Sport
In the last decade, the issue of relevance and application has become the focus of concern for many sport sociologists. The need for an applied sociology of sport has been discussed in the literature, and has been the subject of deliberation at three major national conferences. Yet, efforts to develop an applied sociology of sport are still hindered by widely held beliefs that such activity is not worthy of our best efforts. This paper explores i…
Sport and Juvenile Delinquency
This paper offers a critical re-examination of the prevalent notion of sport as a panacea for juvenile delinquency. By examining the structural and phenomenological set ting of delinquency, the authors suggest that since most conventional sports are institu tional replicas of mainstream society, they are of little value as alternative systems to the delinquent subculture. On the other hand less conventional sport forms falling under the broad rub…
The sociology of tourism
Roles tourists play
Tourist roles
Sport and Juvenile Delinquency
This paper offers a critical re-examination of the prevalent notion of sport as a panacea for juvenile delinquency. By examining the structural and phenomenological set ting of delinquency, the authors suggest that since most conventional sports are institu tional replicas of mainstream society, they are of little value as alternative systems to the delinquent subculture. On the other hand less conventional sport forms falling under the broad rub…
Toward an Applied Sociology of Sport
In the last decade, the issue of relevance and application has become the focus of concern for many sport sociologists. The need for an applied sociology of sport has been discussed in the literature, and has been the subject of deliberation at three major national conferences. Yet, efforts to develop an applied sociology of sport are still hindered by widely held beliefs that such activity is not worthy of our best efforts. This paper explores i…
Some Additional Thoughts on Developing an Applied Sociology of Sport
Sport and Juvenile Delinquency
This paper offers a critical re-examination of the prevalent notion of sport as a panacea for juvenile delinquency. By examining the structural and phenomenological set ting of delinquency, the authors suggest that since most conventional sports are institu tional replicas of mainstream society, they are of little value as alternative systems to the delinquent subculture. On the other hand less conventional sport forms falling under the broad rub…
Toward an Applied Sociology of Sport
In the last decade, the issue of relevance and application has become the focus of concern for many sport sociologists. The need for an applied sociology of sport has been discussed in the literature, and has been the subject of deliberation at three major national conferences. Yet, efforts to develop an applied sociology of sport are still hindered by widely held beliefs that such activity is not worthy of our best efforts. This paper explores i…
Some Additional Thoughts on Developing an Applied Sociology of Sport
Roles tourists play
The sociology of tourism
Tourist roles
Roles Tourists Play
Forecasting in Sport
The rationalization of modern sport has made it possible for social scientists to predict the results of sports events with greater accuracy. In this study we applied multivariate time series analysis to determine the degree to which soccer results could be predicted with three teams in the English Premier League. Success was based on the model's ability to predict the outcome for each of three dependent binary variables; that is, to win, to lose…
The Sociology of Tourism
The rapid expansion of the tourism industry has provided many economic benefits and affected every facet of contemporary societies including employment, government revenue and cultural manifestations. However, tourism can also be considered a problematic phenomenon, promoting dependency, underdevelopment and adverse sociocultural effects, especially for developing countries. This pioneering work provides a comprehensive review of these complex to…
Sociology (7 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (3 works) · Tourism (3 works) · Aspect sociologique (2 works)