First international anthology to focus solely on social issues in esports.International, multi-contextual and multi-experience empirical studies that illustrate social issues in esports in different parts of the world.Foundational text for future research on social issues in esports.Expands the current academic literature on esports by offering novel sociological perspectives to a sport management, business and law dominated field.Empirical cases of current interest to practitioners such as sport leaders, coaches and managers.