Families, Sport, Leisure and Social Justice

Through a social justice and equity lens, this book examines how families, sport, and leisure connect to broader social issues in society. It goes beyond describing oppression and disadvantaged identities and focuses on advocacy and ways forward to challenge the status quo.
Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the book draws upon different theories to present important new work on topics as diverse as the role of parents and siblings within youth sport; the family in sport for development and peace; and grandparent-grandchild relationships in sport, leisure, and family tourism. Several topics also bring attention to the multiplicity of family lives such as LGBTQ older adults as well as children and young people in the care of the state. Together, these studies provide important insight into how sport and leisure reflect and refract key contemporary social issues within the context of familial lives.
This is fascinating reading for any student or researcher with an interest in sport, leisure, education, development, sociology, social work, or social policy.

Dawn E. Trussell is Associate Professor in the Department of Sport Management at Brock University, Canada. Broadly defined, her research interests focus on sport and leisure culture in the lives of individuals, families, and communities. Her work has a social justice orientation and is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Sport Canada's Research Initiative. She is the President of the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies and serves on the Canadian Gender+ Equity in Sport Research Hub, Scientific Committee. Ruth Jeanes is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. Ruth's research examines the use of sport as a social policy tool to address disadvantage and inequity within marginalised communities. She has published widely in this area and her recent research, examining the role of informal sport in supporting health and social benefits amongst diverse young people has been funded by the Australian Research Council. Ruth was President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies from 2017 to 2020.

Part I: Theoretical and Disciplinary Perspectives, 1. Introducing Family Research through a Social Justice Lens: From Protest to Progress, 2. Constructing 'Family': Leisure as a Context for 'Doing' and 'Displaying' Family, 3. Critical Reflections on Sport and the Family, Part II: Gender Justice and Everyday Activism, 4. Carrying the Mental Load: Examining Implications for Families, Women's Leisure, and Gender Justice, 5. Negotiating Sibling Relationships in Girls' and Women's Football in England, 6. The Role of the Primary Caregiver with Girls' Participation in Sport and Leisure in Socially Vulnerable Communities in Columbia, 7. Power Dynamics and Family Structures in the Middle East: Examining Women's Participation in Sports, Part III: Intergenerational Considerations and Diverse Family Forms, 8. Negotiating the Ideology of Intensive Grandparenthood in Family Leisure, 9. Examining the Role and Significance of Parental Support on Children's Uptake of Sport, 10. Connecting through Family Tourism and Social Inclusion: At the Heart of Society, 11. The Sport and Physical Activity Practices of Care-experienced Young People: Standing Out and Fitting In, 12. Conceptualizing Family and Leisure in LGBTQ Ageing, 13. Low-Income Families and Community Leisure and Sport Provisions, 14. Unequal Distribution of World Wide Web and its Impact on Family Opportunities, Part IV: Moving Forward, 15. Critical Reflections and the Ways Forward for Family-Centred Social Justice and Equity Research