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Testing for Athlete Citizenship: Regulating Doping and Sex in Sport
Kathryn E. Henne
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Incidents of doping in sports are common in news headlines, despite regulatory efforts. How did doping become a crisis? What does a doping violation actually entail? Who gets punished for breaking the rules of fair play? In Testing for Athlete Citizenship, Kathryn E. Henne, a former competitive athlete and an expert in the law and science of anti-doping regulations, examines the development of rules aimed at controlling performance enhancement in international sports. As international and celebrated figures, athletes are powerful symbols, yet few spectators realize that a global regulatory network is in place in an attempt to ensure ideals of fair ... Read more
Incidents of doping in sports are common in news headlines, despite regulatory efforts. How did doping become a crisis? What does a doping violation actually entail? Who gets punished for breaking the rules of fair play? In Testing for Athlete Citizenship, Kathryn E. Henne, a former competitive athlete and an expert in the law and science of anti-doping regulations, examines the development of rules aimed at controlling performance enhancement in international sports. As international and celebrated figures, athletes are powerful symbols, yet few spectators realize that a global regulatory network is in place in an attempt to ensure ideals of fair ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Series
Critical Issues in Sport and Society
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813565910
SKU
V9780813565910
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About Kathryn E. Henne
KATHRYN E. HENNE is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Melbourne.
Reviews for Testing for Athlete Citizenship: Regulating Doping and Sex in Sport
"With sophisticated analysis and descriptive prose, Testing for Athlete Citizenship offers provocative arguments. Author Kathryn Henne breaks new ground in showing that testing practices are not just about catching 'cheaters,' but are implicated in corporal, gendered, economic, and postcolonial ideologies."
Mary G. McDonald
Homer C. Rice Chair in Sports and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology
"A masterpiece of ... Read more
Mary G. McDonald
Homer C. Rice Chair in Sports and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology
"A masterpiece of ... Read more