This is the first book to explore in breadth and in depth the complex intersections between sport, leisure, and social justice.
This book examines the relations of power that produce social inequalities and considers how sport and leisure spaces can perpetuate those relations, or act as sites of resistance, and makes a powerful call for an activist scholarship in sport and leisure studies. Presenting original theoretical and empirical work by leading international researchers and practitioners in sport and leisure, this book addresses the central social issues that lie at the heart of critical social science – including racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, religious persecution, socio-economic deprivation, and the climate crisis – and asks how these issues are expressed or mediated in the context of sport and leisure practices. Covering an incredibly diverse range of topics and cases – including sex testing in sport; sport for refugees; pedagogical practices in physical education; community sport development; events and human rights; and athlete activism – this book also surveys the history of sport and social justice research, as well as outlining theoretical and methodological foundations for this field of enquiry.
The Routledge Handbook of Sport, Leisure and Social Justice is an indispensable resource for any advanced student, researcher, policymaker, practitioner, or activist with an interest in the sociology, culture, politics, history, development, governance, media and marketing, and business and management of sport and leisure.
PART I Historicising and theorising social justice in sport and leisure 1 Sport, leisure, and social justice at the neoliberal moment: challenges for integrity and activist scholarship Stefan Lawrence, Joanne Hill, and Rasul Mowatt 2 Contrasting approaches to social justice in sport Jim Lusted 3 Heritage, public history, and social justice in sport and leisure Matthew L. McDowell 4 Sport, leisure, and social justice in the age of precarity and prosumption Spencer Swain PART II Sex, gender, and sexualities 5 Women, sport, and activism: an international perspective Celia Valiente 6 Sport, masculinities, and homosexualities: why inclusive masculinity theory can be considered dangerous for queer sportspeople Richard Pringle 7 The invisibility of trans men in sport and sporting spaces Abby Barras 8 Sex-testing and discrimination in sport: upholding an uneven playing field Grace Athanas-Linden 9 Doing and undoing gender in physical education and youth sport: the potential for practice Hannah Kettley-Linsell and Joanne Hill PART III ‘Race’, forced migration, and religion 10 Social justice, sport, leisure, and racism in the United States Adam Love, Steven N. Waller, Ashley Gardner, and Chermaine Cole 11 Race, social justice, leisure, and sport in Brazil: a critical perspective in defence of anti-racism Lennon Giulio Santos de Farias, Neilton de Sousa Ferreira Júnior, Léo Barbosa Nepomuceno, Eduardo Vinícius Mota e Silva, Luciana Venâncio, Luiz Sanches Neto, and Henrique Antunes Cunha Júnior 12 Sport and social justice for refugees: advocating for leisure activities as a basic human need Mark Doidge 13 Mental health, Drapetomania, and professional football: a memorial to Dalian Atkinson Colin King 14 Christianity, sport, and social justice David Torevell 15 Race, social justice, and children’s everyday leisure geographies Utsa Mukherjee PART IV Physical education, young people, and families 16 Families, advocacy, and social justice in youth sport Ruth Jeanes and Dawn Trussell 17 Teaching for social justice through physical education Rod Philpot, Wayne Smith, Richard Pringle, Alan Ovens, and Göran Gerdin 18 Legitimate embodiment in formal education: imagery in physical education textbooks Ana Rey-Cao and Alba González-Palomares 19 Chinese government’s modern governance and the challenges to social justice in school sports Honglu Zhang 20 Teaching for social justice through physical education in the context of US legislation and policies against critical race theory Micah J. Dobson 21 School physical education and social justice: what are we doing in Brazil? Isabel Porto Filgueiras, Elisabete dos Santos Freire, Bruno Freitas Meireles, Ewerton Leonardo da Silva Vieira, Bruna Gabriela Marques, Graciele Massoli Rodrigues, Luiz Sanches Neto, and Luciana Venâncio PART V Sport, development, and community 22 Equality and social justice in sport for development and peace Simon C. Darnell and Rob Millington 23 Sport for development: a troubling past to a brighter future? Michael Sup 24 Implementing service-learning for social change in sport management curricula Michael B. Edwards, Kimberly A. Bush, and J. Lin Dawson 25 Community sport development: where sport development and social justice meet Janine Partington and Dan Bates 26 Sport, Physical Education (PE) and Sport-for-All (SfA) programmes: intersectional perspectives from Cyprus and Greece Foteini Papadopoulou and Symeon Dagkas 27 Socioeconomic status in sport and leisure engagement Adam Gemar 28 Addressing power dynamics in disability sport studies: emancipatory participatory principles for social justice research Damian Haslett 29 Sport and crime reduction Peter R. Harris PART VI Elite sport, activism, and media 30 English football, safe standing, and social movements: an eventful sociology of fan activism Mark Turner 31 Branding social justice in sport Antonio S. Williams, Tanya K. Jones, Kelly J. Brummett, and Zack P. Pedersen 32 National anthems and athlete activism Keith D. Parry, Daryl Adair, and Jamie Cleland 33 Sport, the media, and athlete activism: ‘just shut up and play’ Steph Doehler 34 Social media and online activism in women’s rugby: From #IAmEnough to #ICare Ali Bowes and Alex Culvin 35 The five groups of environmental sports activists: a complex medley Toby Miller Future directions and research methods for social justice 36 Research methods for sport, leisure, and social justice Ian Jones and Jayne Caudwell 37 Arts-based research and social justice in sport and leisure David Carless and Kitrina Douglas 38 Participatory research in sport, leisure, and forced migration: where is the social justice? Chris Webster and Robyn Smith 39 Indigenous methodologies for sport, leisure and social justice research: a Pacific studies perspective Gina Hawkes 40 Research integrity and ethics in sport social justice research: safe practice Christina Philippou 41 Intersectional scholarship on sport and leisure: trends, tensions, and promising directions Prisca Bruno Massao and Mari Haugaa Engh
Stefan Lawrence is Senior Lecturer in sport business management at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Stefan has published widely on sport and leisure and their relationship to social justice and digital cultures respectively. He is a member of the editorial boards for Leisure Sciences, Leisure Studies and Managing Sport and Leisure, and is a Principal Fellow of Advance HE. Joanne Hill is Senior Lecturer in physical education and sport sociology at the University of Bedfordshire, UK, where she is also Co-Deputy Director for the Institute of Sport and Physical Activity Research. She researches the impact of the social construction of the body, gender and ethnicity on physical activity and sport engagement; and critical pedagogies/social justice in physical education and higher education, using participatory and creative methods. Rasul Mowatt is a Professor and Researcher who studies social justice and the geographies of race. He is Head of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management at North Carolina State’s College of Natural Resources, USA. Before joining NC State, Rasul served on Indiana University’s faculty for 15 years and previously taught at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is president of The Academy of Leisure Sciences, co-editor of Leisure Sciences, and founding editor of Recreation, Parks and Tourism in Public Health.
