| Paradoxes of Youth and Sport Contributor(s): Gatz, Margaret (Editor), Messner, Michael A. (Editor), Ball-Rokeach, Sandra J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791453243 ISBN-13: 9780791453247 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $29.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Children's Studies - Social Science | Popular Culture - Sports & Recreation | Sports Psychology |
| Dewey: 306.483 |
| LCCN: 2001042646 |
| Series: Suny Sport, Culture, and Social Relations |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.9" W x 8.99" (0.84 lbs) 294 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Paradoxes of Youth and Sport explores emergent debates among scholars, youth advocates, and sport practitioners concerning the role of sport in the lives of young people in urban settings. Specialists from diverse fields examine how sport can address social ills and act as a resource in the lives of disadvantaged youth versus how sport itself harbors and fosters social problems and is dominated by unequal access, the obsession to win, and commercialization. This book places sport at the crossroads of inquiry and practice regarding critical issues of our time, including youth development; violence; racial, gender, and class inequities; and inter-group relations. |
