ABSTRACT

This book presents the first comprehensive review of factors leading to exclusion from participation in sport in the UK. Structured around key excluded groups, such as the elderly, ethnic minorities, the disabled and rural communities, the book offers an important assessment of sports policy in contemporary Britain, as well as a unique case study of policies to combat social exclusion under New Labour.

chapter 1|4 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|19 pages

From absolute poverty to social exclusion

chapter 4|26 pages

Poverty

The core of exclusion

chapter 7|10 pages

Exclusion and older people in sport

chapter 9|18 pages

Sport and disability

chapter 10|35 pages

Sport and youth delinquency

chapter 12|21 pages

Policy implementation: Stronger citizenship and communal social capital through sport?

Stronger citizenship and social capital through sport?

chapter 13|16 pages

Conclusions