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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ken Green , Andy SmithPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.997kg ISBN: 9780815357391ISBN 10: 0815357397 Pages: 582 Publication Date: 16 January 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsYouth sport is one of the largest, yet relatively understudied, segments of the sport industry.ã This work makes great strides in providing a multidisciplinary and global perspective on youth sport, with chapters written by leading researchers ... Overall, this book is an excellent resource that takes a deep and wide approach to looking at what youth sport is and how it impacts the lives of both individual participants and society as a collective whole. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; researchers and faculty. - R. D. Sheptak Jr., CHOICE """Youth sport is one of the largest, yet relatively understudied, segments of the sport industry. This work makes great strides in providing a multidisciplinary and global perspective on youth sport, with chapters written by leading researchers … Overall, this book is an excellent resource that takes a deep and wide approach to looking at what youth sport is and how it impacts the lives of both individual participants and society as a collective whole. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; researchers and faculty."" - R. D. Sheptak Jr., CHOICE" Author InformationKen Green is Professor of Sociology of Physical Education and Youth Sport and Head of Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Chester, UK, as well as Visiting Professor at Hedmark University College, Norway, and the University of Wolverhampton, UK. He is Editor-in-Chief of the European Physical Education Review and his books include Understanding Physical Education (2008) and Key Themes in Youth Sport (2010). His main research interests revolve around physical education and youth sport. Andy Smith is Professor of Sport and Physical Activity at Edge Hill University, UK, where he is also Associate Head of the Department of Sport and Physical Activity. His research interests and publications focus on sport, physical activity and health and on youth, sport policy and development. He is co-author of Sport Policy and Development (with Daniel Bloyce, 2010), An Introduction to Drugs in Sport (with Ivan Waddington, 2009) and Disability, Sport and Society (with Nigel Thomas, 2009), and co-editor of Doing Real World Research in Sports Studies (with Ivan Waddington, 2014). Andy is also a former co-editor of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, which he launched with Barrie Houlihan and Daniel Bloyce in 2009, and an Editorial Board member of Leisure Studies and the European Physical Education Review. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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