Fathering is a highly contested concept in popular, media, academic and policy discourses, yet in the areas of family studies and men's studies the leisure component of family life is under-played. This book provides a long overdue and thorough investigation of the relationship between fatherhood, sport, and leisure.

Fathering Through Sport and Leisure investigates what fathers actually do in the time they spend with their children. Leading researchers from the fields of sport, leisure and family studies examine the tensions men encounter as they endeavour to meet...

This study examines an underrepresented and highly topical area of social study. It tells us how we can understand fathers and fathering practices better if we examine the role of sport and leisure in their relationships with their children and their partners.

Tackling social exclusion should be a central aim of any civilised social policy. In this meticulously revised and updated new edition of his study, 'Sport and Social Exclusion', Mike Collins has assembled a vast array of new evidence from a range of global sources to demonstrate how the effects of social exclusion are as evident in sport as they are in any area of society. The book uses sport as an important sphere for critical reflection on existing social policy and explores sport's role as a source of initiatives for tackling exclusion.