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Sport and Physical Activity Across the Lifespan
Dionigi, R.. Ed(S): Gard, M.
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Description for Sport and Physical Activity Across the Lifespan
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gard, M. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
This edited collection problematizes trajectories of health promotion across the lifespan. It provides a distinctive critical social science perspective of the various directions taken by dominant policies in their approach to promoting sport for all ages. It offers an array of theoretical and methodologically diverse perspectives on this topic, and highlights the intersections between different life stages and social, economic and cultural factors in the developed world, including class, gender, ability, family dynamics and/or race. Sport and Physical Activity across the Lifespan critically explores dominant policies of age-focussed sport promotion in order to highlight its implications within ... Read more
This edited collection problematizes trajectories of health promotion across the lifespan. It provides a distinctive critical social science perspective of the various directions taken by dominant policies in their approach to promoting sport for all ages. It offers an array of theoretical and methodologically diverse perspectives on this topic, and highlights the intersections between different life stages and social, economic and cultural factors in the developed world, including class, gender, ability, family dynamics and/or race. Sport and Physical Activity across the Lifespan critically explores dominant policies of age-focussed sport promotion in order to highlight its implications within ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
362
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137485618
SKU
V9781137485618
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About Dionigi, R.. Ed(S): Gard, M.
Rylee A. Dionigi is Associate Professor in the School of Exercise Science, Sport and Health at Charles Sturt University, Australia. Michael Gard is Associate Professor in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Reviews for Sport and Physical Activity Across the Lifespan
“The content provides new perspectives related to themes that would interest academics and students in the fields of sport and physical activity, particularly those who are keen to explore the impact of political factors and geographical locations upon participation, programmes and policy. … the book makes links between social, political and economic factors and the influences they exert on sport ... Read more