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1. Sport and Natural Environments

   By P. David Howe, Carol Morris

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   The social scientific exploration of sporting practice has paid limited attention to the spaces and places involved in physical activity. The environmental dimensions of sport have been largely ignored, and when they have been brought to our attention, it is largely the built environment that takes...

   To Be Published May 14th 2014 by Routledge
2. Lessons Learned from Community-Based Microgeneration Projects

   The Impact of Renewable Energy Capital Grant Schemes

   By Monika Munzinger, Kiruthiga Srinivasanan Venkataramanan, Steve Pester, David Forward, Keri Jordan, Ben Howe

   Key lessons from projects where government-funded renewable energy schemes have been installed in nine schools, colleges and community buildings are presented. Key issues investigated include community engagement, installation, specification, operation and performance. This report also highlights...

   Published January 10th 2012 by IHS BRE Press
3. The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement

   Through an Anthropological Lens

   By David Howe

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Sport

   Do the Paralympic Games empower the disability sport community? Like many other contemporary sporting institutions, the Paralympic Games have made the transition from pastime to spectacle, and the profile of athletes with disabilities has been increased as a result. This book reviews the current...

   Published February 6th 2008 by Routledge
4. The Four-Minute Mile

   Historical and Cultural Interpretations of a Sporting Barrier

   Edited by John Bale, David Howe

   Breaking records and challenging the limits of human ability are central to much of our understanding of athletic track and field sports, with a world record title arguably as valued as an Olympic gold medal. Some particular limits and records take on greater significance, however, as in the case...

   Published November 25th 2007 by Routledge
5. Sport, Professionalism and Pain

   Ethnographies of Injury and Risk

   By David Howe

   Series: Ethics and Sport

   Are pain and injury managed appropriately in the environment of professional sport?Is sports medicine a tool to empower or to disempower athletes? David Howe considers these and other pertinent concerns and questions whether, in the world of modern sport, it is the participants themselves or the...

   Published December 17th 2003 by Routledge
6. Attachment Theory, Child Maltreatment, and Family Support

   A Practice and Assessment Model

   By David Howe, Marion Brandon, Diana Hinings, Gillian Schofield

   Edited by Gillian Schofield, Gillian Schofield

   Recent advances in our understanding of children's social development have important implications for practice in the fields of child welfare, maltreatment, family support, adoption, residential and foster care. But they have not hitherto been systematically explored. This groundbreaking book...

   Published August 31st 1999 by Routledge