Health and Elite Sport
Health and Elite Sport is the first book to critically examine the relationship between participation in high performance sport and health outcomes. Drawing on theory and empirical data from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, developmental psychology, epidemiology and physical education, the book explores the benefits and detriments of participation in elite sport for both individuals (athletes, coaches, spectators) and communities.
Written by a team of leading international sport researchers, the book examines key issues including:
Talent identification and young athletes
Abuse in sport
Positive youth development through sport
Athlete psychological and mental health in periods of transition
Health, sport and the family
Health in professional sport
The Olympics, Paralympics and public health
Long-term effects of participation in elite sport
Injury risk in sport
Sports role in aging and longevity
Highlighting the connections and contradictions between high performance sport and health, the book also discusses the clear and important implications for our socio-cultural, political and developmental understanding of sport. Health and Elite Sport is fascinating and important reading for all students and researchers with an interest in youth sport, sports development, sport policy, sports coaching, exercise and health, physical education, the sociology of sport or the sociology of health.
Joseph Baker is an Associate Professor and head of the Lifespan Health and Performance Laboratory in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science, at York University, Canada. He has also held visiting researcher/professor positions in the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany. His research considers the varying influences on optimal human development, ranging from issues affecting athlete development and skill acquisition to barriers and facilitators of successful aging. Joe is author/editor of six other books including the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Sport Expertise (with Damian Farrow). He has authored more than 150 peer reviewed articles and book chapters.
Parissa Safai is an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science in the Faculty of Health at York University. Her research interests focus on the critical study of sport at the intersection of risk, health and healthcare. This includes research on sports culture of risk, the development and social organization of sport and exercise medicine, as well as the social determinants of athletes health. Her work has been published in such journals as the Sociology of Sport Journal, the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Sport History Review and the Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin canadien dhistoire de la medicine.
Jessica Fraser-Thomas is an Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University in Toronto, Canada. Her research focuses on children and youths development through sport, with a particular interest in positive youth development, psychosocial influences (i.e., coaches, family, peers) and withdrawal. Currently she is working on three key projects exploring childrens earliest introductions to organized sport, the characteristics of sport programs that facilitate optimal youth development, and how youth sport models may inform Masters athletes development; all projects are supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and Sport Canadas Research Initiative (SCRI).
Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
1. Sport, Masculinities and the Body
Ian Wellard
2. India and the Olympics
Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta
3. Social Capital and Sport Governance in Europe
Edited by Margaret Groeneveld, Barrie Houlihan and Fabien Ohl
4. Theology, Ethics and Transcendence in Sports
Edited by Jim Parry, Mark Nesti and Nick Watson
5. Women and Exercise
The Body, Health and Consumerism
Edited by Eileen Kennedy and Pirkko Markula
6. Race, Ethnicity and Football
Persisting Debates and Emergent Issues
Edited by Daniel Burdsey
7. The Organisation and Governance of Top Football Across Europe
An Institutional Perspective
Edited by Hallgeir Gammelster and Benot Senaux
8. Sport and Social Mobility
Crossing Boundaries
Ramn Spaaij
9. Critical Readings in Bodybuilding
Edited by Adam Locks and Niall Richardson
10. The Cultural Politics of Post-9/11 American Sport
Power, Pedagogy and the Popular
Michael Silk
11. Ultimate Fighting and Embodiment
Violence, Gender and Mixed Martial Arts
Dale C. Spencer
12. The Olympic Games and Cultural Policy
Beatriz Garcia
13. The Urban Geography of Boxing
Race, Class, and Gender in the Ring
Benita Heiskanen
14. The Social Organization of Sports Medicine
Critical Socio-Cultural Perspectives
Edited by Dominic Malcolm and Parissa Safai
15. Host Cities and the Olympics
An Interactionist Approach
Harry Hiller
16. Sports Governance, Development and Corporate Responsibility
Edited by Barbara Segaert, Marc Theeboom, Christiane Timmerman and Bart Vanreusel
17. Sport and its Female Fans
Edited by Kim Toffoletti and Peter Mewett
18. Sport Policy in Britain
Barrie Houlihan and Iain Lindsey
19. Sports and Christianity
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Edited by Nick J. Watson and Andrew Parker
20. Sports Coaching Research
Context, Consequences, and Consciousness
Anthony Bush, Michael Silk, David Andrews and Hugh Lauder
21. Sport Across Asia
Politics, Cultures, and Identities
Edited by Katrin Bromber, Birgit Krawietz, and Joseph Maguire
22. Athletes, Sexual Assault, and Trials by Media
Narrative Immunity
Deb Waterhouse-Watson
23. Youth Sport, Physical Activity and Play
Policy, Interventions and Participation
Andrew Parker and Don Vinson
24. The Global Horseracing Industry
Social, Economic, Environmental and Ethical Perspectives
Phil McManus, Glenn Albrecht, and Raewyn Graham
25. Sport, Public Broadcasting, and Cultural Citizenship
Signal Lost?
Edited by Jay Scherer and David Rowe
26. Sport and Body Politics in Japan
Wolfram Manzenreiter
27. The Fantasy Sport Industry
Games within Games
Andrew C. Billings and Brody J. Ruihley
28. Sport in Prison
Exploring the Role of Physical Activity in Penal Practices
Rosie Meek
29. Sport and Nationalism in China
Lu Zhouxiang and Fan Hong
30. Rethinking Drug Use in Sport
Why the War Will Never Be Won
Bob Stewart and Aaron Smith
31. Sport, Animals, and Society
Edited by James Gillett and Michelle Gilbert
32. Sport Development in the United States
Edited by Peter Smolianov, Dwight Zakus and Joseph Gallo
