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The family is an important site for the transmission of knowledge and cultural values. Amidst claims that young people are becoming sedentary, failing to adhere to health and physical activity messages, dropping out of sport and at risk of an ever-expanding list of lifestyle diseases, families have been targeted as crucial sites for government interventions. This book is the first to offer critical sociological perspectives on how families do and do not function as a pedagogical site for health education, sport and physical activity practices. It is essential reading for anybody with an interest in physical education, health studies, family studies, or the sociology of sport and exercise.

This book brings together scholars, writers and commentators to examine the relationship between football, violence and the larger relations of power in which we all live our lives. Within the context of the NFL and the structural conditions in which the NFL has emerged, this book explores issues of racism, sexism and homophobia as a window into the social, political and cultural imprint of Americäs national pastime. The book argues that the NFL reveals a collective psychic participation, by which our subjectivity is formed within historical systems of violence, power, and hierarchy. The NFL¿s participation in and production of hegemonic masculinity, alongside its practices of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and ableism, allows us to think deeply about the historical and contemporary systems of violence we are invested in and entertained by. Football becomes a cultural text to examine and learn from.

A comprehensive and comparative study of how various regions and countries of Europe have addressed the lack of gender diversity in sport leadership. With contributions from leading sport sociologists from across the world, it aims to enable sustainable gender equality in European sport governance.

Focusing on women, sport and exercise in the Asia-Pacific region, this book presents a diverse range of empirical case studies from areas such as India, Fiji, North Korea and Japan, shedding new light on the nexus of sport, exercise, gender, sexuality and power.

Despite campaigns to educate and increase awareness, discrimination continues to be a deep-rooted problem in sport. This book provides an international, interdisciplinary and critical discussion of various forms of discrimination in sport, with contributions from leading academics and high-profile and influential campaigners. Divided into five sections, it explores sexism, homophobia, disability, racism, and the role of media in both perpetuating and tackling discrimination. It offers a critical review of current debates and recommendations for further action and research into the discipline.

This is the first book to explore a broad conception of the 'senses' and related issues on embodiment within physical cultures, providing vivid examples of sensory scholarship in action from sport, physical activity, leisure and recreation. This book brings together leading figures to explore important questions on how we go about seeking the senses, how we engage in somatic work, and how, via cross-modal experiences, we create meanings and come to understand ourselves and others in a variety of social settings. This ground breaking collection showcases the latest sensory research in physical culture as well as paving the way for future work in this area.

This book considers how positive social change can be brought about through sport, focusing on understanding the impact of critical research on issues of social justice. It examines how the use of different social theories impacts sport policies, national curricula, health promotion activities, HPE teaching, and sport training and competition.

Offering a holistic approach to improving athlete welfare and performance, in which faith and spirituality are core tenets of wellbeing, this is a critical reference for students and researchers working in sport psychology or sport and spirituality or religion, and practicing sport psychologists.

This book brings together diverse and interdisciplinary insights to explore the nature of contemporary sports volunteering.

Lifestyle Sports and Public Policy is the first book to develop a comprehensive understanding of the interplay between lifestyle sports and the public policy environment which frames and regulates them.

This critical, interdisciplinary and international volume seeks to identify intersections of sport and militarism as a means to interrogate, interrupt, and intervene on behalf of democratic, peaceful politics.

This is the first comprehensive study of the challenges that transgender athletes face in the hyper-macho, sex segregated institution of sport. The book discusses the historical role that sports have played in preserving sex as a binary and examines how gender has been policed within competitive athletics.

This book brings together international scholars from disciplines including sport history, sociology, journalism, economics, sport development and management to explore the significance of sport in contemporary Korea. It plots the evolution of sport in Korea and envisions the possibilities for its future.

This book is the first to explore antagonistic cooperation in football; the idea that rival fans can work together despite their animosity. It is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in football studies, sport and politics, or sport and social theory.

This book examines how different stages of adult life affect participation in lifestyle sports and in the construction of identity. Drawing on multi-disciplinary perspectives, it explores how gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and location, in conjunction with age and stage in career, affect lifestyle sport practices and meanings.

This book examines sport as an inclusive and developmental environment, exploring the conditions by which community sport initiatives can promote personal development, health and social cohesion, particularly for at-risk youth.

This book takes a close look at the phenomenon of athlete activism, across all levels of sport from elite and international sport to collegiate and semi-pro, and asks what this tells us about the relationship between sport and wider society.