Routledge Handbook of Sport, Leisure, and Social Justice

This is the first book to explore in breadth and in depth the complex intersections between sport, leisure and social justice.

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Stefan Lawrence is Senior Lecturer in sport business management at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Stefan has published widely on sport and leisure and their relationship to social justice and digital cultures respectively. He is a member of the editorial boards for Leisure Sciences, Leisure Studies and Managing Sport and Leisure, and is a Principal Fellow of Advance HE.

Joanne Hill is Senior Lecturer in physical education and sport sociology at the University of Bedfordshire, UK, where she is also Co-Deputy Director for the Institute of Sport and Physical Activity Research. She researches the impact of the social construction of the body, gender and ethnicity on physical activity and sport engagement; and critical pedagogies/social justice in physical education and higher education, using participatory and creative methods.

Rasul Mowatt is a Professor and Researcher who studies social justice and the geographies of race. He is Head of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management at North Carolina State's College of Natural Resources, USA. Before joining NC State, Rasul served on Indiana University's faculty for 15 years and previously taught at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is president of The Academy of Leisure Sciences, co-editor of Leisure Sciences, and founding editor of Recreation, Parks and Tourism in Public Health.