Child Welfare in Football: An Exploration of Children's Welfare in the Modern Game - Softcover

Brackenridge, Celia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 041537233X ISBN 13: 9780415372336

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Sport and those who run it have an important duty to ensure the safety and wellbeing of young participants. This text presents the findings of a unique research project into the experiences of a wide range of stakeholders in contemporary youth soccer, exploring crucial issues of child protection, social policy, and the culture and governance of sport. It covers:

• The youth soccer context ― twenty-first century family life, the sports policy background, and the organisation, governance and culture of the English game
• Research findings ― the experiences of children and young people, parents and carers, coaches, teachers, referees, Child Protection Officers, Football Development Officers, and those involved in women’s, disability and professional soccer
• Issues in social policy research ― methodological, ethical and management challenges
• Conclusions and implications ― the benefits and limitations of different approaches to the protection of children and young people in sport.

For researchers, professionals and decision-makers, this text provides important new insight into the impact of child protection policies, and into the potential for evidence-based practice in youth sport.

About this title

Synopsis:

This text presents an evidence-based account of contemporary youth soccer from a wide range of perspectives and discusses key themes such as child protection, children and the role of family, children and the 'football family', ethical dilemmas and the changing culture of football. The book presents unique research into the experience of a range of stakeholders in the contemporary youth game including children, parents, teachers, doctors, coaches, managers and scouts, child protection officers, soccer academies, sports scientists, adult players and representatives of disability football.

About the Author:

Brunel University, London, UK University of Gloucester, UK Coventry University, UK University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 041537233X
• ISBN 13: 9780415372336
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272