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Lifestyle sport, public policy and youth engagement: examining the emergence of parkour

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Pages 109-131 | Published online: 08 Apr 2011

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Sirpa Tani. (2023) The institutionalization of parkour: blurring the boundaries of tight and loose spaces. Social & Cultural Geography 0:0, pages 1-19.
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Signe Højbjerre Larsen. (2022) The institutionalisation of Parkour in Denmark. A national case of how institutional isomorphism works and affect lifestyle sport. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 14:3, pages 401-417.
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Ethan Greenberg & Diane M. Culver. (2020) How Parkour Coaches Learn to Coach: Coaches’ Sources of Learning in an Unregulated Sport. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning 20:1, pages 15-29.
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Damien Puddle, Belinda Wheaton & Holly Thorpe. (2019) The glocalization of parkour: a New Zealand/Aotearoa case study. Sport in Society 22:10, pages 1724-1741.
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Lucia Cabrera Gadea & Jenn M. Jacobs. (2016) Using Parkour for Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility: Implications for Practitioners. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance 87:8, pages 56-58.
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