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The workers based in institutions designed to serve the public are expected to reorganize their thoughts and practice in accordance with a 'performance' management model of accountability which encourages a rigid bureaucracy. This book shows how and why this performance model may be expected, paradoxically, to make practices less accountable.

Deals with the concepts in the study of young people's relationship with sport, exercise and leisure. Designed to help students master the ideas in contemporary youth sport, this book reflects the multi-disciplinary interest in youth sport, exploring perspectives from sociology, psychology, physiology, sports policy, and physical education.

Reveals the politics and poetry of Indian Sufism through the study of Islamic sainthood in the midst of a cosmopolitan Indian society comprising migrants, soldiers, litterateurs and princes. Placing the mystical traditions of Indian Islam within their cultural contexts, this study focuses on the shrines of four Sufi saints in the Deccan region.

Investigates the roots of contemporary experiences of stigma, throwing light on the phenomenon by examining a variety of long term conditions. The book takes Fukuyama's notion of "The End of History" and examines contemporary challenges to the stigma associated with chronic illness.

This book examines the emergence, development and current status of elite sport development policy in the sports of swimming, track and field, and sailing in Australia, Canada and the UK.