Sánchez García, Raúl2019-09-192019-09-192019Sánchez, R. (2019). Informalisation and sport: The case of jogging/running in the USA (1960–2000). In C. Wouters & M. Dunning (Eds.), Civilisation and Informalisation: Connecting Long-Term Social and Psychic Processes (pp. 247-266). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00798-0_997830300079739783030007980http://hdl.handle.net/11268/8264This chapter deals with the application of informalisation theory to sports. More specifically, it explores the informalising and reformalising phases occurring in the development of jogging/running in the USA (1960–2000). A spiralling fashion of informalising and reformalising trends was observed in the changes of jogging/running during three different periods: 1st period (informalisation), during the 1960s and 1970s, constituting the first jogging explosion; 2nd period (early reformalisation), during the 1980s; and 3rd period (consolidated reformalisation), during the 1990s, constituting the second explosion of running.engbook part10.1007/978-3-030-00798-0_9restricted accessRunningHábitos de saludEstados UnidosDeporteComportamiento socialEstados Unidos