Power, policy, and political priorities: Elite sport development in Canada and the United Kingdom

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Government and quasigovernmental agencies' use of 'planning dictates' in relationships with national sporting organizations (NSOs) in Canada and national governing bodies (NGBs) of sport in the United Kingdom are analyzed. The focus is on semistructured, in-depth interviews with key personnel in three Canadian NSOs and three UK NGBs in swimming, athletics, and sailing; senior officials at Sports Canada and UK Sport; and sport policy analysts and academics.

United Kingdom, International politics, Interpretation and construction, International relations, Sports and state, Sports policy

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Pathologizing Billy: enabling and constraining the body of the condemned

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This article presents a case study that describes the experiences of a white physical education teacher working with a native Canadian student with behavioral and emotional disorders. Observations of the student's participation in gym class provide insight into cross-cultural education and the effects of physical education on students with special needs.

Social aspects, Case studies, Children, Study and teaching, Behavior disorders in children, Childhood mental disorders, Intercultural education, Multicultural education, Physical education, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Physical education for children, Canadian native peoples, Teachers of disabled children, Oppression (Psychology), Special education teachers

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Let me tell you a story: a narrative exploration of identity in high-performance sport

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The author of this article employs the narrative as a way of exploring her own experiences as both scholar and athlete. The variety of stories produced by narrative reflects the ambiguity or hybridity inherent in personal identity.

Methods, Sports, Women athletes, Sociology, Sociologists, Sociological methods

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