Population health promotion and preventing disease remain important global policy goals.
Because of the complex nature of health, and the recognition of the limits of individual …

This research, funded from the Culture and Sport Evidence (CASE) programme, reviews the
current evidence base on the social impacts of sport and culture. Using a systematic review …

Sport is increasingly regarded as a powerful tool in international development. In this
comprehensive introduction to the area of 'sport-for-development', leading researcher Fred …

Traditional delivery of sport development programs, especially at the community level, faces
particular challenges under neoliberal ideology. While several issues are evident, this paper …

This paper responds to critiques of the metrocentric nature of contemporary youth studies,
situating both major traditions of youth research within a geographical framework with the …

Background Participation in sport has many health benefits, and is popular amongst
children. However participation decreases with age. While the membership records of peak …

Participatory sport events have the potential to generate substantial social value in the local
community. One important social benefit of such sport events is the development of social …

Throughout the world, the number of festivals has grown exponentially in the last two
decades, as people celebrate local and regional cultures, but perhaps more importantly as …

The study of gender in rural spaces is still in its infancy. Thus far, there has been little
exploration of the constitution of the varied and differing ways that gender is constituted in …

Globally researchers are paying increasing attention to questions of local leadership and the
governance of rural communities. However, the two bodies of scholarship have largely …