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Figurational sociology offers an important set of conceptual and
methodological tools for helping us to understand sport, leisure
and health and their relationship to wider society. This book
brings together an international team of scholars working within
the figurational tradition to explain the significance of
figurational sociology in the development of the sociology of sport
and to provide empirical case studies of figurational sociology in
action. Covering core concepts such as the civilizing process, and
key methods such as interviewing and ethnography, the book presents
contemporary research in areas as diverse as sport-related health,
mixed martial arts, sports policy, gender relations and cycling.
Figurational Research in Sport, Leisure and Health is an important
resource for students of sport and social sciences, sociology,
figurational sociology and sociology of sport and exercise.
Figurational sociology offers an important set of conceptual and
methodological tools for helping us to understand sport, leisure
and health and their relationship to wider society. This book
brings together an international team of scholars working within
the figurational tradition to explain the significance of
figurational sociology in the development of the sociology of sport
and to provide empirical case studies of figurational sociology in
action. Covering core concepts such as the civilizing process, and
key methods such as interviewing and ethnography, the book presents
contemporary research in areas as diverse as sport-related health,
mixed martial arts, sports policy, gender relations and cycling.
Figurational Research in Sport, Leisure and Health is an important
resource for students of sport and social sciences, sociology,
figurational sociology and sociology of sport and exercise.
Gender Equity in UK Sport Leadership and Governance goes beyond the
headlines to provide a timely analyses of current strategy, policy,
structure, and practice relating to gender equity in the leadership
and governance of sport in the UK. It brings together the expertise
and empirical insights from the work of scholars who are
researching in this field. Providing theoretical and historical
insights, the first part of this edited collection includes
chapters on intersectionality and the history of women in sport
leadership and governance. The chapters in the second part explore
gender equity in the UK home nations, analysing policy and practice
within each home country, while problematising the complexity of a
dual approach that includes devolved nation policies and UK
policies. The final element draws together chapters that explore
organisational practices and the gender pay gap and makes visible
the everyday experiences of women working in the sector. For those
working in sport and researching gender equity, this collection
provides evidence-based suggestions on ways we can evidence and
create change within the sector through future research and applied
practice.
How can the diffusion and development of women's cricket as a
global sport be explained? Women 's Cricket and Global Processes
considers the emergence and growth of women's cricket around the
world and seeks to provide a sociological explanation for how and
why the women's game has developed the way it has.
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