Fitness Cultures and Environmental (in)Justice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2377965 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louise Mansfield (0000-0003-4332-4366, Canterbury Christ Church University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 345-362 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1012690209343029 |
| OpenAlex | W2104571495 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 35 |
This article focuses on the environmentalist agenda in fitness cultures. The article is an initial critical exploration and limited to an analysis of the key principles of political ecology and environmentalism and the concept of sustainability in understanding the emergence of an environmentalist agenda in fitness cultures marked by shades and grades of green consumerism. Author involvement in outdoor military fitness regimes and a series of visits to activity holiday centres and health/fitness spas in the UK all of which make some claim to being 'green', 'environmentally friendly', and/or 'natural', provided the empirical context for the discussion in this article. It argues for further research from the political ecological field, exploring human/non-human dynamics of the environment, to advance an understanding about which sports and fitness cultures get developed where, how and in whose interests
Biology · Consumerism · Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Environmental justice · Environmentalism · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,81 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |