Youth sport, physical activity and play policy, intervention and participation

<P>Sport, physical activity and play are key constituents of social life, impacting such diverse fields as healthcare, education and criminal justice. Over the past decade, governments around the world have begun to place physical activity at the heart of social policy, providing increased opp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Parker, Andrew (-)
Otros Autores: Vinson, Don
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge 2013.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797940406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover ; Title Information ; Title Page ; Copyright Page; Dedication Page ; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Youth sport, physical activity and play; Part I: Policy ; 1 Youth sport and UK sport policy; 2 Sport, physical activity and play: A European perspective; 3 Utopian visions of childhood and play in English social policy; Part II: Intervention ; 4 Sport, intervention and self-esteem: Promoting physical activity with disengaged adolescents; 5 Sport, physical activity and youth imprisonment
  • 6 Young people, football and 'respect'?7 Sport, development and African culture; Part III: Participation; 8 Physical activity and sedentary behaviour among adolescents; 9 Moving forward from the Physical Education, School Sport and Young People Strategy; 10 Sports coaching and young people in the twenty-first century; 11 The next generation: Young people, sport and volunteering; 12 Sport, volunteering and marginalised youth; Afterword: Reconsidering youth sport, physical activity and play ; Index