Routledge Handbook of Sport, Leisure, and Social Justice
Synopsis
This is the first book to explore in breadth and in depth the complex intersections between sport, leisure, and social justice.This book examines the relations of power that produce social inequalities and considers how sport and leisure spaces can perpetuate those relations, or act as sites of resistance, and makes a powerful call for an activist scholarship in sport and leisure studies. Presenting original theoretical and empirical work by leading international researchers and practitioners in sport and leisure, this book addresses the central social issues that lie at the heart of critical social science – including racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, religious persecution, socio-economic deprivation, and the climate crisis – and asks how these issues are expressed or mediated in the context of sport and leisure practices. Covering an incredibly diverse range of topics and cases – including sex testing in sport; sport for refugees; pedagogical practices in physical education; community sport development; events and human rights; and athlete activism – this book also surveys the history of sport and social justice research, as well as outlining theoretical and methodological foundations for this field of enquiry.The Routledge Handbook of Sport, Leisure and Social Justice is an indispensable resource for any advanced student, researcher, policymaker, practitioner, or activist with an interest in the sociology, culture, politics, history, development, governance, media and marketing, and business and management of sport and leisure.Book details
- Series:
- Routledge Critical Perspectives on Equality and Social Justice in Sport and Leisure
- Author:
- Stefan Lawrence, Joanne Hill, Rasul Mowatt
- ISBN:
- 9781040019856
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781040019818, 9781003389682, 9781032485607
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2024-05-23
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2024
- Copyright by:
- selection and editorial matter, Stefan Lawrence, Joanne Hill, and Rasul Mowatt
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Sociology, Sports