ICSSPE News
No.44
May 2005
 
    

Just Published: Two New Volumes from our Perspectives Series

Perspectives Volume 5: Aspects of Sport Governance
Aspects of Sport Governance; Editors: Darlene Kluka, William Stier (Jr), Guido Schilling, Oxford 2005, 19,00 US$ / 16,00 EUR

Noticing the surge in publications on sport administration and sport management, ICSSPE with its new publication Aspects of Sport Governance delivers the missing link of how to successfully and ethically operate a sport organisation.
This book provides a valuable insight into the structure of large sport organisations, elite sport development, compliance with best practice government systems as well as into ethics and leadership. Extensive resources and articles are included in the appendix, in addition to supporting documents of declarations and recommendations.
Aspects of Sport Governance is an informative guide for governmental and nongovernmental sport and sport science organisations as well as research institutes, university lecturers and teachers.
SECTION ONE: International Olympic Committee and International Perspectives
International Olympic Committee.
National Olympic Committees.
Communist Sport Policy: Past, Present and Future.
The 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games Boycotts.
SECTION TWO: Sports Federations
An International Sport Federation Case Study: Softball.
Elite sport development and national team selection: A Hong Kong perspective.
Compliance with best practice governance systems by national sports federations in South Africa.
SECTION THREE: Ethics and Leadership
The ethics of corporate governance in sport: theory, method and operationalization.
Sport, Culture and Difference
From the Board Room: Parliamentary Procedure.
SECTION FOUR: Appendices
Sport Governance: A Webliography.
Bibliography – Books and Articles.
Assessment tool for compliance.
Supporting Documents: Examples.

Perspectives Volume 6: Health Enhancing Physical Activity
Health Enhancing Physical Activity; Editors: Pekka Oja, Jan Borms, Oxford 2004, 29,00 US$ / 23,00 EUR.

Designed to be an overall presentation of Health Enhancing Physical Activity; this volume explains why physical activity is important for public health, what kind and how much physical activity provides health benefits, and how to change physical activity behaviour. Over 20 internationally recognised authors have contributed significantly in the evolution of this new area of sport and health sciences.
HEPA is an essential resource material for researchers, teachers and students, policy makers, administrators, professionals and other actors in sport and health sectors.
This title includes contributions from different sport disciplines and other research areas such as medicine, public health, epidemiology, health economy, behavioural science, sociology, and even geography, community development and architecture.
SECTION ONE: What are the health effects of physical activity?
Inactivity as a Disease Risk and Health Benefits of Increased Physical Activity.
Health Risks of Physical Activity.
Public Health Potential of Physical Activity.
SECTION TWO: How much and what kind of physical activity for health?
General Dose-response Issues concerning Physical Activity and Health.
Frequency, Duration, Intensity and Total Volume of Physical Activity as Determinants of Health Outcomes.
Life-style Activities for Health.
SECTION THREE: How active and fit are we for health?
Assessment of Health-Enhancing Physical Activity; Methodological Issues.
Population Levels and Patterns of Physical Activity for Health.
How fit are we for Health?
SECTION FOUR: How to promote health-enhancing physical activity?
Theoretical Considerations for Physical Activity Promotion.
Individual and small group interventions.
How to promote Health Enhancing Physical Activity: Community Interventions.
Environmental Influences on Physical Activity.
Policy interventions: The Experience of Agita São Paulo in using ”Mobile Management” of the Ecological Model to promote Physical Activity
Summary and Future Perspectives
Information and Resources

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