Chapters
Kenyon, JA and
Postlethwaite, V (2026)
Impacts of sports mega events. In Ratten, V, Merkle, T, Tavare, F (ed)
International Encyclopedia of Business Management, Academic Press, pp.917-926, ISBN: 9780443137020. DOI:
10.1016/B978-0-443-13701-3.00579-X.
Postlethwaite, V and O'Byrne, D (2025)
International sports development policies. In Girginov, V and Dowling, M (ed)
Management of Sports Development [2nd edition], Routledge, pp.113-128, ISBN: 9781003510260. DOI:
10.4324/9781003510260.
Postlethwaite, V and Saito, R (2025)
Asia's Growing Presence at the FIFA Women's World Cup. In
Critical Perspectives on the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Routledge, pp.202-213, DOI:
10.4324/9781003507703-18.
Beissel, A, Brice, JE,
Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A (2025)
Introduction. In
Critical Perspectives on the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Routledge, pp.1-11, DOI:
10.4324/9781003507703-1.
Postlethwaite, V, Brittain, I, Duignan, M (2025)
What Did London 2012 Mean for the Paralympics and the Lives of People with Disabilities?. In M, D (ed)
Events and Society Bridging Theory and Practice, Routledge,ISBN: 9781032786209.
Postlethwaite, V, Theodoraki, E, Duignan, M (2025) London 2012: What the Olympic Games' Legacy of Sustainability Means for Events Today. In M, D (ed)
Events and Society Bridging Theory and Practice, Routledge,ISBN: 9781032786209.
Postlethwaite, V, Brittain, I, Duignan, M (2025)
WHAT DID LONDON 2012 MEAN FOR THE PARALYMPICS AND THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES?. In
Events and Society Bridging Theory and Practice, pp.39-46, DOI:
10.4324/9781003488729-6.
Postlethwaite, V, Theodoraki, E, Duignan, M (2025)
LONDON 2012 What the Olympic Games’ legacy of sustainability means for events today. In
Events and Society Bridging Theory and Practice, pp.226-232, DOI:
10.4324/9781003488729-35.
Postlethwaite, V, Barrass Chapman, E, Macnaughton, H (2024)
Introduction [Handbook of Sport and Japan]. In
Handbook of Sport and Japan, Amsterdam University Press,ISBN: 9789048561056.
Yamashita, T,
Postlethwaite, V, Molnar, G (2024)
Winter sporting cultures and Japan. In Macnaughtan, H and
Postlethwaite, V (ed)
Handbook of Sport and Japan, Amsterdam University Press, pp.232-244, ISBN: 9789048561056.
Beissel, A,
Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A (2023)
“Winning the women's world cup”: gender, branding, and the Australia/New Zealand As One 2023 social media strategy for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™. In
The Sport Mega-Events of the 2020s, Routledge, pp.64-94, DOI:
10.4324/9781003454458-5.
Beissel, A, Brice, JE,
Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A (2023)
Introduction: The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup: politics, representation, and management. In Beissel, A,
Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed)
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.1-11, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI:
10.4324/9781003379201.
Postlethwaite, V, Brice, JE, Grainger, A, Beissel, A (2023)
The hosts of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup: Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. In Beissel, A,
Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed)
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.12-28, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI:
10.4324/9781003379201.
Postlethwaite, V, Beissel, A, Brice, JE, Grainger, A (2023)
Tracing FIFA’s “flagship women’s competition” and its use of legacy from 1991 to 2023. In Beissel, A,
Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed)
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.68-82, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI:
10.4324/9781003379201.
Beissel, A,
Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (2023)
FIFA 2.0, FIFA Women’s Football Strategy, and the bid process for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup: a new hope. In Beissel, A,
Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed)
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.85-99, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI:
10.4324/9781003379201.
Beissel, A,
Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (2023)
As One 2023, conjunctural politics, and commercialisation of gender equality and women's empowerment: the force awakens. In Beissel, A,
Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed)
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.100-112, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI:
10.4324/9781003379201.
Price, G and
Postlethwaite, V (2023)
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 and sports diplomacy at a confederation level: the galactic alliance. In Beissel, A,
Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed)
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.113-126, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI:
10.4324/9781003379201.
Beissel, A,
Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A (2023)
Gender, branding, and the Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand As One 2023 social media strategy: winning the Women's World Cup. In Beissel, A,
Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed)
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.129-144, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI:
10.4324/9781003379201.
Brice, JE, Grainger, A, Beissel, A,
Postlethwaite, V (2023)
An analysis of Aotearoa New Zealand's leverage strategies for the Women's Cricket, Rugby, and Football World Cups. In Beissel, A,
Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed)
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.175-188, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI:
10.4324/9781003379201.
Postlethwaite, V (2023)
The International Paralympic Committee, Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games, and the invasion of Ukraine. In Chadwick, S, Widdop, P, Goldman, MM (ed)
The Geopolitical Economy of Sport: Power, Politics, Money, and the State, Routledge, pp.67-74, ISBN: 9781032390611. DOI:
10.4324/9781003348238.
Postlethwaite, V, Jenkin, C, Sherry, E (2022)
A Gendered Focused Review of Sports Diplomacy. In
Routledge Handbook of Gender Politics in Sport and Physical Activity, pp.137-148, DOI:
10.4324/9781003093862-15.
Rofe, JS and
Postlethwaite, V (2019) Politics of Sports. In
The Business and Culture of Sports, Volume 1: Foundations, MacMillan Reference Library, pp.93-114, ISBN: 9780028664989.
Bullingham, R and
Postlethwaite, V (2018)
Lesbian athletes in the sports media: Ambivalence, scrutiny and invisibility. In
Lgbt Athletes in the Sports Media, pp.51-74, DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-00804-8_3.
Postlethwaite, V (Accepted for publication) Animations. In Unknown Parent Title,.
