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Sports spectacle, media and doping: The representations of Olympic drug cases in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This thesis explores the depiction of doping in the press. My interest in the topic stemmed from an early personal experience in competitive athletics where
Pappa, Evdokia
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Racial gaps without racism: How English universities frame inequality in access and participation plans

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Racial inequalities are pervasive in higher education despite concerted efforts to redress issues of access, progression and continuation. Little attention has been paid to how universities themselves construct race within their policy texts.
Benjamin Hart, Mirna Šumatić
wiley   +1 more source

Sport for Development and Peace [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. The role of sport in development initiatives has grown dramatically over the last five years, now finding a place in the
Darnell, Simon
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Biographies, ontological security and the socio‐spatial politics shaping teachers' mobility in remote Australia

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The global teacher shortage continues to intensify, with disparate impacts across geographic and socio‐economic communities. In Queensland, Australia, where this study originates, post‐COVID teacher shortages have intensified workforce pressures, leaving several regional, rural and remote schools as some of the ‘hardest‐to‐staff’ in the ...
Matthew Readette   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring New Directions for Sport Sociology and Philosophy - NASSS Conference Program 1989

open access: yes, 1989
Joint conference between the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and the Philosophic Society for the Study of ...
North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
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'Dressage Is Full of Queens!' Masculinity, Sexuality and Equestrian Sport

open access: yes, 2012
Attitudes towards sexuality are changing and levels of cultural homophobia decreasing, yet there remain very few openly gay men within sport. As a proving ground for heteromasculinity, sport has traditionally been a hostile environment for gay men.
Katherine Dashper, Dashper, K
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‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source

Women, sport and the media: A complex terrain

open access: yes, 2008
In this chapter I examine coverage of women’s sport, exposing the ways in which the sports media can simultaneously challenge and reinforce dominant assumptions that sport is primarily a male domain.
Bruce, Toni
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Platform Business Model Innovation for Sustainability: A Framework for Industry 5.0 Integration

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A comprehensive framework is developed for adopting Platform Business Model Innovation (PBMI) to enhance sustainable performance in the Industry 5.0 (I5.0) era. While PBMI plays a growing role in corporate transformation, tensions persist between profit‐driven objectives and broader sustainability imperatives.
Mohamed Ashmel Mohamed Hashim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Documents and detachment in the figurational sociology of sport

open access: yesEMPIRIA: Revista de Metodología de Ciencias Sociales, 2015
This article discusses the methodological implications of using a figurational approach to the study of Gaelic games (the Irish sports of hurling and Gaelic football) and their organisation and governance from the late nineteenth century onwards ...
Paddy Dolan, John Connolly
doaj   +1 more source

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