| Description |
xv, 288 p. : ill. |
| Series |
International Society for Comparative Physical Education and Sport |
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ISCPES book 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 / Nuria Puig and Susanna Sosler -- Women and sport in the Czech Republic / Ludmila Fialova -- 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 Mourao and Sebastiao Votre -- Women in Colombian sport: a review of absence and redemption / Rubiela Arboleda Gomez and Gloria Vallejo Rendon -- 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Sports for women -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Sports -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Sports -- Sex differences -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| 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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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
041524627X |
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0415246288 (pbk.) |
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