| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
International Society for Comparative Physical Education and Sport
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International Society for Comparative Physical Education and Sport series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Women and sport in comparative and international perspectives: issues, aims and theoretical approaches / Gerturd Pfister and Ilse Hartmann-Tews -- Women and sport in Norway / Kari Fasting -- Women and sport in the UK / Anita White -- The inclusion of women into the German sport system Ilse Hartmann-Tews and Sascha Alexandra Luetkens -- Sports development and inclusion of women in France / Nicole Dechavanne and Ilse Hartmann-Tews -- Women and sport in Spain / Núria Puig and Susanna Sosler -- Women and sport in the Czech Republic / Ludmila fialová -- Women and sport in Tanzania / Prisca Massao and Kari Fasting -- Women and sport in South Africa: shaped by history and shaping sporting history / Denise E.M. Jones -- Social issues in American women's sports / D. Margaret Costa -- Girls' and women's sport in Canada: from playground to podium / M. Ann Hall -- Brazilian women and girls in physical activities and sport / Ludmila Mourão and Sebastião Votre -- Women in Colombian sport: a review of absence and redemption / Rubiela Arboleda Gómez and Gloria Vallejo Rendón -- Women and sport in Iran: keeping goal in the hijab? / Gertrud Pfister -- Women's sport in the People's Republic of China: body, politics and the unfinished revolution / Fan Hong -- Gender relations in Japanese sports organisation and sport involvement / Machiko Kimura -- Women and sport in New Zealand / Shona M. Thompson -- Women's inclusion in sport: international and comparative findings / Ilse Hartmann-Tews and Gertrud Pfister. |
| Summary |
This book examines and compares the sporting experiences of women by focusing on an extensive series of national case studies from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and South America, and Asia. The book presents a wealth of new research data, as well as comparative assessments on the extent to which women are represented in global sport and the opportunities that women have to participate in decision-making processes in sport. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sports for women -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Sports for women. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Subject |
Sports -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Sports -- Social aspects. |
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Sports. |
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Sports -- Sex differences -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Sports -- Sex differences. |
| Indexed Term |
Multi-User. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hartmann-Tews, Ilse, 1956-
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Pfister, Gertrud, 1945-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sport and women. London ; New York : Routledge/ISCPES, 2003 041524627X 0415246288 (DLC) 2002073982 (OCoLC)50204306 |
| ISBN |
020398708X (electronic book) |
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9780203987087 (electronic book) |
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9786610114078 |
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6610114072 |
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0415246288 (Paper) |
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041524627X |
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9780415246286 |
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0415246288 |
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