Fitness cultures and environmental (in)justice?

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-362

  Mansfield, Louise ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumerism; Environmentalism; Fitness; Green exercise; Political ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749147309     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690209343029     Document Type: Article

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