Sport & Society

Ireland, J. (2023) ‘How sport developed in the 1960s’, PE Review, 18 (2), pp.22-26. John Ireland looks at the changes sport underwent in the 1960s. 

Ireland, J. (2022) ‘The development of women’s sport from 1960’, PE Review, 18 (1), pp.20-22.
John Ireland looks at how sport developed in terms of opportunities for women from the 1960s onwards.

Wrathall, A. (2022) ‘Racism in sport’, PE Review, 18 (1), pp.8-9.
Andy Wrathall examines the impacts of racism in sport.

(2021) ‘A history of sport in public schools’, PE Review, 16 (2).
From gentry hooligans to gentleman amateurs. Look out for the exam tip and exam-stye questions in the article.

Curry, G. (2021) ‘Communications and the development of sport’, PE Review, 16 (3), pp.22-25.
Graham Curry examines how transport and the media impacted the development of sport in the nineteenth century. Look out for the exam tip in this article. This article links to your unit on Sport and Society and supports your study of the impact on sporting recreation and transport and communication.

Ireland, J. (2021) ‘The evolution of sport 1945-2000: part 1’, PE Review, 16 (2).
John Ireland addresses the issues that influenced the characteristics of sport and participation in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century.

Ireland, J. (2021) ‘The evolution of sport 1945-2000: part 2’, PE Review, 16 (2).
John Ireland continues his look at the evolution of British sport in the twentieth century.

(2020) ‘We Are Undefeatable’, PE Review, 15 (2), p.34.
Sport England has launched a campaign aimed at supporting leading health charities in a bid to help people with long-term health conditions overcome barriers to being active.

Ireland, J. (2020) ‘The evolution of sport 1900-45: part 2’, PE Review, 16 (1), pp.30-33.
John Ireland continues his look at the development of sport.

Ireland, J. (2020) ‘The evolution of sport 1900-45: part 1’, PE Review, 16 (1), pp.23-25.
John Ireland looks at how sport developed in the first half of the twentieth century.

Ireland, J. (2020) ‘The evolution of sport: post-industrial Britain’, PE Review, 15 (2), pp.30-33.
John Ireland looks at the links between social class and sport.

Ireland, J. (2020) ‘The evolution of sport: pre-industrial Britain’, PE Review, 15 (2), pp.22-26.
John Ireland explores the social and cultural factors that have shaped the characteristics of and participation in sport.

Morton, A. (2020) ‘Sport and society: rugby and the Pacific islands’, PE Review, 15 (3), pp.2-6.
Through this case study of rugby union and the Pacific islands of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, Adam Morton explores the sociological themes of globalisation and commercialisation.