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This new volume is now available from LSA Publications.

Sport, Leisure and Social Inclusion:
Potential, Participation and Possibilities

LSA Publication No. 82
eds. Adrian Ibbetson, Beccy Watson and Maggie Ferguson

ISBN 0 906337 93 3; paperback, 292pp

Non member ~ £36.50 (+p/p)
LSA Corporate (institutional) member ~ £30 (+p/p
LSA Individual (private) member ~ £26.25 (+p/p

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Companion volume:

Access and Inclusion in Leisure and Tourism
LSA Publication No. 81, ISBN 0 906337 92 5


LSA No. 82 Contents

  • Editors' Introduction Sport, Leisure And Social Inclusion: Potential, Participation and Possibilities
       Adrian Ibbetson, Beccy Watson and Maggie Ferguson

I Sport - An Inclusive Community?

  • Modern Sports: Inalienable Common Wealth
       Ken Roberts
  • Local Authority Support Networks for Sports Volunteers
    AndrewAdams and John Deane
  • Setting A Standard?: Measuring Progress in Tackling Racism and Promoting Social Inclusion in English Sport
       Karl Spracklen

II Common-wealth? The Use of Major Sports Events for Social Renewal

  • Major International Sports Events: Planning for Long-term Benefits
       Guy Masterman
  • Can The Commonwealth Games in East Manchester Provide a Basis for Social Renewal?
       Maggie Jones and Terry Stokes
  • Developing a Cost­Benefit Structure to Analyse Sport and its Social Impacts
       Charles Spring

III Narratives of Involvement: Exploring Participation and Perception

  • In Pursuit of Excellence: Experiences of Paralympic Athletes
       Ian Brittain and Barbara Humberstone
  • 'Hitting 40!' The Conflict of Moral Voices Versus Concrete Sport Experiences: A Voice-centred Relational Focus on the Individual's Sport Involvement
       Lindsay King and John Lyle
  • Lifestyle and Women's Exercise Patterns: An Examination of the Constraints of Family and Employment on Regularly Exercising Women
       Iain C. Adams and Margaret Walton
  • Spirituality in Public Leisure Provision: The Benefits of Exercise for Women in Their Middle Years
       Margaret Walton and Iain C. Adams
  • Leisure Constraints and Levels of Sport Participation for Women in Iran
       Mohammad Ehsani

IV Expanding the Possibilities: Applying Different Analytic Contexts

  • Social Climbing
       Linda Allin, Amanda West and Adrian Ibbetson
  • "The Ellen Macarthur Factor": A Study of Instructor Opinions about the Motivations of Young Female Sailors
       Michelle Moorman
  • Towards Environmentally Sustainable Lifestyles through Outdoor Leisure
       Kim Polistina
  • Physical Culture in Post-communist Poland
       Zofia Pawlaczek

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