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Author:   Bob Stewart ,  Aaron Smith
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781138947740

ISBN 10:   1138947741
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   23 July 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Revisiting the Drugs in Sport Debate 2. Setting the Scene 1: Drug Use in Contemporary Society 3. Setting the Scene 2: Critical Drug Use Incidents and Cases in Sport 4. Setting the Scene 3: Scale and Scope of Drug Use in Sport 5. Setting the Scene 4: Player and Athlete Attitudes to Drug Use in Sport 6. Framing the Debate 1: Neo-liberalism and the Cult of Individualism 7. Framing the Debate 2: Social Ecology and the Primacy of Context 8. Framing the Debate 3: Capital Accumulation through Bodily Enhancement 9. Framing the Debate 4: Life-Course Analysis as a Tool for Identifying Gateways to Success 10. The WADA Revolution 1: How it Happened and What it Does 11. The WADA Revolution 2: Sport League Responses 12. The WADA Revolution 3: A Critical Appraisal 13. Re-thinking Drug Control in Sport 1: Why Regulation? 14. Re-thinking Drug Control in Sport 2: Bringing it All Together 15. Rethinking Drug Control in Sport 3: The Case for a New Deal

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"""The text is well written, and the authors' position is well developed and supported. The book will be useful for a wide range of behavioral health students and professionals. Summing Up: Recommended."" – G. A. Blevins, Governors State University, CHOICE Magazine, January 2015 Vol. 52 No. 5 ""A thoughtful and thought-provoking critical analysis of anti-doping policy in sport."" - Ivan Waddington, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics"

The text is well written, and the authors' position is well developed and supported. The book will be useful for a wide range of behavioral health students and professionals. Summing Up: Recommended. - G. A. Blevins, Governors State University, CHOICE Magazine, January 2015 Vol. 52 No. 5 A thoughtful and thought-provoking critical analysis of anti-doping policy in sport. - Ivan Waddington, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

Author Information

Bob Stewart is Associate Professor of Sport Studies at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. Bob has been teaching and researching the field of sport management and sport policy for fifteen years, and is currently working with the University’s College of Sport and Exercise Science, and Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living. Bob has a special interest in cartel structures, social control, and player regulation in elite-sports, and the ways in which neoliberal ideologies shape sport’s governance and management practices. Aaron Smith is Professor and Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor (Industry Engagement) in the College of Business at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Aaron has research interests in the management of psychological, organisational and policy change in business, and sport and health. In recent times he has focused on the impact of commercial and global forces sport policy, the ways in which internal cultures shape organisational conduct, the role of social forces in managing change, and the management of social policy change such as those associated with health and drug use.

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