What is the meaning and purpose of sport? What is the value of sport? And why should we study sport? Sports are important in everyday lives and as human practices. As such, they are worthy of study. The study of sport is inherently inter-disciplinary. This book brings together a collection of scholarly papers that contributes nascent insight into some of the complexities, multiple understandings and contemporary approaches pertinent to sports studies and research. The purpose and content of this book is wide-ranging, and therefore appeals to a wider audience. It allows readers to critically consider how inter-disciplinary approaches range in terms of conceptual depth and practical application. The chapters in this collection include critical and thematic accounts alongside case-specific micro-locale studies. In addition, there is a strong focus on sporting agendas, initiatives and impacts, with a variety of emphases concerning national and global perspectives.
Introduction Karl Spracklen, Susan Dun and
Nicholas Wise Part I Sport, Education and Young People Sport Experiences
for Young Athletes: Intentional Programming Matters Skye G. Arthur-Banning &
Mary Sara Wells Ecological Overview of Contrasting Youth Sport Practice
Marcio Domingues and Carlos Goncalves Why PE Should Be Made Voluntary Karl
Spracklen Telling the Truth About Intercollegiate Sports: Time to Expose
Faculty Corruption and the 'Big Lie' Bruce B. Svare Part II Social, Cultural
and Political Impacts of Sporting Events Unintended Effects of International
Events Hosting: Expanding Opportunities for Muslim Women in Sport Susan Dun
and Mo'tasem Kalaji FIFA 2010 World Cup and its instrumental logic: An
Analysis of two South African Newspapers Tendai Chari From Beijing to Rio,
Funding UK Elite Sport through the 'No Compromise' Policy James Bostock
Candidate Cities, Citizens and the Commonwealth Games - the Limits of
Aspiration Marion Stell Part III National and Transnational Geographies of
Sport Belonging, Togetherness and Sense of Place: Identity, Geography and
Haitian Footballers in the Dominican Republic Nicholas Wise From Merton to
Milton Keynes: Wimbledon Football Club Fans and the Impact of Relocation, Ten
Years after the Move Daniel Potter
Susan Dun is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication at Northwestern University, Qatar. Her research focuses on media influences on physical activity and sports participation in the Muslim world. Karl Spracklen is Professor of Leisure Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. He has interests across leisure including the history, philosophy and sociology of sport. Nicholas Wise is Lecturer in Sport, Events and Tourism Management at Glasgow Caledonian University. Trained as a geographer, his research focuses on sport, community and identity in the Dominican Republic.
