Child Welfare in Football: An Exploration of Children's Welfare in the Modern Game

by Kate Russell, Celia Brackenridge, Andy Pitchford

Sport and those who run it have an important duty to ensure the safety and wellbeing of young participants. This text presents the findings of a unique research project into the experiences of a wide range of stakeholders in contemporary youth soccer, exploring crucial issues of child protection, social policy, and the culture and governance of sport. It covers:

The youth soccer context -- twenty-first century family life, the sports...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041537233X
• ISBN13: 9780415372336
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"