Physical Education A-Level
Rational recreation and social control
What Rational recreation and social control means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Rational recreation and social control
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Reference: AQA
Factory provision is linked to rational recreation and social control, with owners using sport to reduce drinking and absenteeism.
Topics that use Rational recreation and social control
- Industrial and post-industrial (1780–1900) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Access, patronage and participation
- Amateurism and payment
- Athleticism
- Class and racial inequality in sport access
- Codification of sport
- Governance and regulation
- Gradual and limited expansion of women's participation
- Imperial expansion and global trade
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