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1. Youth Sport, Physical Activity and Play

   Policy, Intervention and Participation

   Edited by Andrew Parker, Don Vinson

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   Sport, physical activity and play are key constituents of social life, impacting such diverse fields as healthcare, education and criminal justice. Over the past decade, governments around the world have begun to place physical activity at the heart of social policy, providing increased...

   To Be Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge
2. Sports and Christianity

   Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

   Edited by Nick J. Watson, Andrew Parker

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   This interdisciplinary text examines the sports-Christianity interface from Protestant and Catholic perspectives. In addition to a "systematic review of literature," field-pioneering contributors such as Michael Novak, Shirl Hoffman, Joseph Price and Robert Higgs address a wide range of topics from...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. Developing a National Mental Health Policy

   By Lynne Friedli, Rachel Jenkins, Andrew McCulloch, Camilla Parker

   Series: Maudsley Series

   Mental illness causes a substantial health burden in all regions of the world, and is a major contributor to world poverty.Developing a National Mental Health Policy is designed to support those involved in developing locally appropriate mental health policies, emphasising the crucial role of...

   Published April 3rd 2002 by Psychology Press
4. Privatization and Supply Chain Management

   On the Effective Alignment of Purchasing and Supply after Privatization

   By Andrew Cox, Lisa Harris, David Parker

   Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

   This book brings together two of the 'hottest issues' in current management thinking: the impact of privatization on the performance and behaviour of the companies involved, and the increasingly important role of purchasing and supplier relationships. The notion that efficiency is improved with...

   Published April 14th 1999 by Routledge
5. Performativity and Performance

   Edited by Andrew Parker, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

   Series: Essays from the English Institute

   From the age of Aristotle to the age of AIDS, writers, thinkers, performers and activists have wresteled with what "performance" is all about. At the same moment, "performativity"--a new concept in language theory--has become a ubiquitous term in literary studies. This volume grapples with the...

   Published October 23rd 1995 by Routledge
6. Nationalisms and Sexualities

   Edited by Andrew Parker, Mary Russo, Doris Sommer, Patricia Yaeger

   Nationalisms and Sexualities departs from social scientific paradigms that treat nation and sexuality as discrete and autonomous entities. Its contributors respond instead to issues that redefine what is presently considered "the political:" the formation of sexual, gendered, racial, and/or class...

   Published December 5th 1991 by Routledge