Sport and Natural Environments
Published on 15. May 2014
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-415-88602-4 (ISBN)
Description
The social scientific exploration of sporting practice has paid limited attention to the spaces and places involved in physical activity. The environmental dimensions of sport have been largely ignored, and when they have been brought to our attention, it is largely the built environment that takes center stage. The purpose of this volume is to expose the importance of thinking about 'natural' environments as additional key components in the quest by social scientists of both sport and environment to more completely understand both sporting practice and environmental issues.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-415-88602-4 (9780415886024)
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Persons
P. David Howe is Senior Lecturer in the Anthropology of Sport at the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University. Carol Morris is Lecturer in Environmental Management in the School of Geography at the University of Nottingham.
Content
1. Introduction Part 1: Environmental Realism and Sport 2. An Introduction to Environmental Realism 3. Managing the Impact of Sport on the Environment Part 2: Constructing Environments 4. Constructivist Approaches to Understanding the Relationship between Society and Environment 5. Constructing Sport Environments 1: through the Lens of Political Economy 6. Constructing Sport Environments 2: Environmental Discourses and Sport Institutions Part 3: Beyond the Dualism of Society and Environment 7. Rethinking the Society-Environment Dualism 8. Co-Producing Environments and Sporting Bodies Part 4 9. Conclusion and Future Directions