Doping

April Henning (Author) April Henning is Associate Professor and Head of Research, Department of Management, Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University. She is is co-author (with Jesper Andreasson) of Performance Cultures and Doped Bodies (2021).Paul Dimeo (Author) Paul Dimeo is Professor and Head of Sport in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling. His books include A History of Drug Use in Sport, 1876–1976 (2008) and (with Verner Møller) The Anti-Doping Crisis in Sport (2018).

2023 Outstanding Academic Title - ChoiceHenning and Dimeo, both academics in the relatively novel discipline of sports studies, provide a broad overview of how doping has developed in elite sport, referencing all the most high-profile offenders . . . They show how governing bodies were slow to react to the use of chemical compounds in sport, given that, in the West, they were seen as a potentially helpful solution to various physical and psychiatric problems. - Michael Beloff, TLSThis is a very readable global overview and updating of doping and anti-doping in amateur and professional sport: testing, scandals, and suggestions for improvement . . . The important message is that athletes should be respected and empowered to share their views, participate in collective bargaining and policy making, and receive legal and financial aid. In terms of testing, less invasive methods – i.e., hair analysis – should be considered . . . All told, this is a must-read. Essential. - ChoiceA highly accessible and thoroughly researched historical account of doping and anti-doping in elite sport. Doping: A Sporting History demonstrates why the “cops and robbers” account of doping, in which seemingly morally justified anti-doping crusaders are pitted against athletic “cheats”, is both false and misleading. The authors make recommendations for genuine reforms that consider the lives of the most important members of elite sport – the athletes themselves. - Ian Ritchie, author (with Rob Beamish) of 'Fastest, Highest, Strongest: A Critique of High-Performance Sport'