Research Completed

This section includes abstracts of completed and published research. This section encourages the submission of a wide range of research publication types from conference PowerPoint presentations to peer-reviewed journal articles and including publications in draft and in press.



	
	
	
	

	

	

	

	
	
	

	
	    
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The coach and sport: Coach development in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
		    
		    

		    


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L Kidman

		    
		    
		    



		    
In this chapter, the author considers: a paradigm shift in coach development; concepts of humanism in coaching; concepts of athlete-centred and coach-centred coaching; the current context of coach... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Politics, government and sport in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
		    
		    

		    


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C Collins

		    
		    
		    



		    
In this chapter, the author explores the motivations and changing nature of New Zealand government involvement in sport. In particular, he considers: the ways in which sport is connected to political... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Theoretical perspectives in the study of sport
		    
		    

		    


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C Collins

		    
		    
		    



		    
This chapter aims to provide an overview of some of the major theoretical approaches that have developed in sociology (not necessarily to examine sport or sport-related issues). Each of these... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Politics and sport connections
		    
		    

		    


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C Collins

		    
		    
		    



		    
In this chapter, the author explores, at a broad level, some of the interconnections between politics and sport. In particular, he considers: ‘power’ as a central dimension of all social... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Sport and culture: Passion and paradox.
		    
		    

		    


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Rex Thomson

		    
		    
		    



		    
In this chapter, the author considers: culture and the cultural dimensions of sport; the links between sport, culture and identity; hegemony and hegemonic masculinity; the links between hegemonic... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Sport and foreign policy in a globalizing world
		    
		    

		    


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S J Jackson

		    
		    
		    



		    
This edited book is devoted to exploring the relationship between globalisation, sport and foreign policy. Topics covered include: achieving the goals of the United Nations through sport; sport and... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Sport historiography in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Playing with the past
		    
		    

		    


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D Booth

		    
		    
		    



		    
This chapter examines the different ways in which historians write about New Zealand’s sporting past. Proceeding from the premise that there are significant differences in the way sport... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Globalisation and sport in Aotearoa/New Zealand
		    
		    

		    


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S J Jackson

		    
		    
		    



		    
In this chapter, the authors consider: the increased role of globalisation and its impact on sport, culture and identity in New Zealand; theories of globalisation that help explain the transformation... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Violence and sport in Aotearoa/New Zealand
		    
		    

		    


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S J Jackson

		    
		    
		    



		    
In this chapter, the authors considers: the concepts of aggression and violence within the context of sport, including some of the basic theoretical explanations for violent behaviour in sport; how... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
		


		    
Globalisation, image politics and outdoor education.
		    
		    

		    


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M Brown and L Fitzclarence

		    
		    
		    



		    
Paper presented at ‘Connections and disconnections: examining the reality and rhetoric. International perspectives on outdoor education theory and practice.’ The Second International... read more

		    

		


		

		    
		    
		
	         

	
	

	

	

	

	


	
	
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