ISBN:
9780415246279
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (305 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Sport and Women : Social Issues in International Perspective
DDC:
306.483082
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The book illuminates a wide range of key international issues in women's sport, such as cultural barriers to participation and the efficacy of political action. It is therefore essential reading for anybody with an interest in the sociology, culture
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Women and sport in comparative and international perspectives; 2 Women and sport in Norway; 3 Women and sport in the UK; 4 The inclusion of women into the German sport system; 5 Sports development and inclusion of women in France; 6 Women and sport in Spain; 7 Women and sport in the Czech Republic; 8 Women and sport in Tanzania; 9 Women and sport in South Africa; 10 Social issues in American women's sports; 11 Girls' and women's sport in Canada; 12 Brazilian women and girls in physical activities and sport; 13 Women in Colombian sport
Description / Table of Contents:
14 Women and sport in Iran: keeping goal in the hijab?15 Women's sport in the People's Republic of China; 16 Gender relations in Japanese sports organisation and sport involvement; 17 Women and sport in New Zealand; 18 Women's inclusion in sport; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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