Human Rights in Youth Sport: A Critical Review of Children's Rights in Competitive Sport / Edition 1

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Overview

The human rights of the child have been inscribed in the UN's 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, and ratified by 191 countries. Paulo David's work makes it clear, however, that too often competitive sports has yet to recognize the value of respect for international child rights norms.
Human Rights in Youth Sport offers critical analysis of some very real problems within youth sport and argues that the future development of sport depends on the creation of a child-centered sport system. Areas of particular concern include issues of over training, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, doping and medical ethics, education, and child labor. The text also examines the specific responsibilities and accountabilities of parents, coaches, and managers and should be essential reading for anybody with an interest in the ethics of sport, youth sport, coaching, and sports development.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780415305594
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publication date: 12/29/2004
  • Series: Ethics and Sport Series
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 352
  • Product dimensions: 6.14 (w) x 9.21 (h) x 0.74 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword
1 Introduction 3
2 A black hole : absence of debate, data and research 9
3 The rule of law enters the sports arena 16
4 Winning at any cost 33
5 The age of innocence : minimum ages for competing 39
6 Sharp practice : intensive training and child abuse 53
7 Bearing the brunt : physical abuse and violence 63
8 Below the belt : psychological and emotional abuse 80
9 Foul play : sexual abuse and violence 92
10 Dicing with death : doping and medical ethics 102
11 Work to rule : economic exploitation and child labour 125
12 Factories of champions : moulding athletes in specialized sport centres 144
13 Play the market : trafficking and sale of young athletes 160
14 Writing on the wall : the right to education 181
15 A power of good : civil rights of young athletes 189
16 A fair field : non-discrimination 202
17 Reaping the fruits : responsibilities, rights and duties of the parents 213
18 Pass the baton : accountability of coaches, officials and managers 224
19 Forging a new future : towards a child-centred sport system 235
20 Olympic values and the rights of the child 250
21 The human rights approach : an added value for the competitive sport system 256
App UN convention on the rights of the child 265
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