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      The social benefits of informal and lifestyle sports: a research agenda [Editorial]

      Gilchrist, Paul; Wheaton, Belinda
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       10.1080/19406940.2017.1293132
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      Gilchrist, P., & Wheaton, B. (2017). The social benefits of informal and lifestyle sports: a research agenda [Editorial]. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 9(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2017.1293132
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12262
      Abstract
      Understanding sport through the lens of social benefit has become a mainstay of sport policy analysis. A wealth of research has considered how sport contributes to achieving wider social benefits, including improvements to health and well-being, life satisfaction, crime reduction, community cohesion and activism, environmental stewardship, educational attainment, labour market participation, civic renewal, urban regeneration and developing youth (Coalter 2007, Oughton and Tacon 2007 Oughton, Brookes and Wiggan ). Over the decades governments and policymakers have advocated the use of traditional or mainstream sports for combating a range of social ‘problems’, from youth disengagement to poor health. Most recently, fears about rising levels of inactivity and obesity, particularly amongst children, are increasingly driving sports-based interventions and the question of sport’s capacity to deliver public policy outcomes
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      2017
      Type
      Journal Article
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      Taylor and Francis Inc.
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      This is an author’s accepted version of an article published in the journal: International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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