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Lifestyle Sports and Public Policy is the first book to develop a
comprehensive understanding of the interplay between lifestyle
sports and the public policy environment which frames and regulates
them. Drawing on a wide range of lifestyle sports from across the
globe, including parkour, skateboarding, mountain biking and
climbing, it identifies the critical issues facing practitioners
and policymakers as these sports become increasingly popular. Part
I examines public sector bodies that provide lifestyle sports
opportunities to the public, either through funding partners or by
managing facilities themselves. Part II looks at the use of
lifestyle sports to promote policy agendas such as improving public
health, while Part III considers the impact of public sector
regulatory actions on the lifestyle sports industry. Each part
contains case studies which investigate a policy issue from the
perspective of a different lifestyle sport, including some sports
which have traditionally been under-represented such as rodeo and
curling. This book is a valuable resource for anyone with an
interest in lifestyle sports, leisure studies, sport tourism,
leisure management or sport policy.
The digital turn in leisure has opened up a vast array of new
opportunities to play, learn, participate and be entertained -
opportunities that have transformed what we recognise as leisure.
This edited collection provides a significant contribution to our
changing understanding of digital leisure cultures, reflecting on
the socio-historical context within which the digital age emerged,
while engaging with new debates about the evolving and
controversial role of digital platforms in contemporary leisure
cultures. This book also demonstrates the interdisciplinary nature
of studying digital leisure cultures. To make sense of how
individuals and institutions use digital spaces it is necessary to
draw on history, science and technology, philosophy, cultural
studies, sociology and geography, as well as sport and leisure
studies. This important and timely study discusses both the promise
of the digital sphere as a realm of liberation, and the darker side
of the internet associated with control, surveillance, exclusion
and dehumanisation. Digital Leisure Cultures: Critical perspectives
is fascinating reading for any student or scholar of sociology,
sport and leisure studies, geography or media studies.
Lifestyle Sports and Public Policy is the first book to develop a
comprehensive understanding of the interplay between lifestyle
sports and the public policy environment which frames and regulates
them. Drawing on a wide range of lifestyle sports from across the
globe, including parkour, skateboarding, mountain biking and
climbing, it identifies the critical issues facing practitioners
and policymakers as these sports become increasingly popular. Part
I examines public sector bodies that provide lifestyle sports
opportunities to the public, either through funding partners or by
managing facilities themselves. Part II looks at the use of
lifestyle sports to promote policy agendas such as improving public
health, while Part III considers the impact of public sector
regulatory actions on the lifestyle sports industry. Each part
contains case studies which investigate a policy issue from the
perspective of a different lifestyle sport, including some sports
which have traditionally been under-represented such as rodeo and
curling. This book is a valuable resource for anyone with an
interest in lifestyle sports, leisure studies, sport tourism,
leisure management or sport policy.
The digital turn in leisure has opened up a vast array of new
opportunities to play, learn, participate and be entertained -
opportunities that have transformed what we recognise as leisure.
This edited collection provides a significant contribution to our
changing understanding of digital leisure cultures, reflecting on
the socio-historical context within which the digital age emerged,
while engaging with new debates about the evolving and
controversial role of digital platforms in contemporary leisure
cultures. This book also demonstrates the interdisciplinary nature
of studying digital leisure cultures. To make sense of how
individuals and institutions use digital spaces it is necessary to
draw on history, science and technology, philosophy, cultural
studies, sociology and geography, as well as sport and leisure
studies. This important and timely study discusses both the promise
of the digital sphere as a realm of liberation, and the darker side
of the internet associated with control, surveillance, exclusion
and dehumanisation. Digital Leisure Cultures: Critical perspectives
is fascinating reading for any student or scholar of sociology,
sport and leisure studies, geography or media studies.
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