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Title Values and norms in sport : critical reflections on the position and meanings of sport in society / Johan Steenbergen, Paul De Knop, Agnes Elling (eds.)
Published Oxford ; Lansing, Mich. : Meyer & Meyer Sport, [2001]
©2001

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Description 374 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents Values and norms in sport / Annelies Knoppers ... [et al.] -- The double character of sport / Johan Steenbergen -- Can health in and through sports be a pedagogical aim? / Ivo van Hilvoorde -- The integrating and differentiating significance of sport / Agnes Elling, Paul de Knop, Annelies Knoppers -- Does sport make a difference? An exploration of the impact of sport on social integration of young people / Gert Biesta ... [et al.] -- Values and value clarification in sports / Albert Buisman, Jaques van Rossum -- Meanings of fair play in competitive sport / Johan Steenbergen, Albert Buisman, Ivo van Hilvoorde -- The Dutch and Olympism / Ricus Timmers, Paul De Knop -- Organizing masulinities and femininities: the gendered sporting body / Annelies Knoppers, Agnes Elling -- Dutch amateur sports organisations in transition: organising diversity / Anton Anthonissen -- Constructing viable sports clubs / Jan Boessenkool -- Social constraints in communication: the connection between frames and cues / Anton Anthonissen, Jeroen Vermeulen, Paul Verweel -- I was a man among men: meanings coaches give to gender / Annelies Knoppers -- Sport and the media: race and gender in the representation of athletes and events / Annelies Knoppers, Agnes Elling -- Child-oriented sport / Kristine Demaertelaer, Paul de Knop, Albert Buisman -- Organized sport programs for children: do they meet the interests of the children effectively? / Paul Baar -- Martial arts and children / Marc Theeboom
Summary This book is accessible to a wide range of teachers, researchers and students in the world of sport. The central research question in the book is how values and norms manifest themselves in sport and what societal meanings they have. Different contributions provide a number of different perspectives
Analysis Sociology: leisure Sports - general
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Sports -- Social aspects -- Netherlands.
Sports -- Sociological aspects.
Sports -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Author Knop, Paul de.
Steenbergen, Johan.
Elling, Agnes.
LC no. 2002327619
ISBN 1841260576 paperback