UID:
edoccha_9958126697802883
Umfang:
1 online resource (182 pages)
ISBN:
1-283-47915-X
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9786613479150
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1-84966-591-5
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1-84966-590-7
Serie:
Globalizing sport studies series
Inhalt:
The role of sport in development initiatives has grown dramatically over the last five years, now finding a place in the UN's millennium development goals. In Sport and Development for Peace , Simon Darnell outlines the most recent sociological research on the role of sport in development initiatives. The book analyses the relationship between sport and international development and looks at what this reveals about socio-political economy. It addresses a gap in the literature by focusing on issues of politics, power and culture, particularly looking at volunteer experience, mega-sporting event
Anmerkung:
Sport for Development and Peace -- Copyright -- Contents -- Globalizing Sport Studies Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Introduction: Situating sport-for-development and the 'sport for development and peace' sector -- 1 Social Theory, the Sociology of Sport and the Study of SDP -- 2 International Development Studies and SDP: Syntheses and Opportunities -- 3 The SDP Intern/Volunteer Experience -- 4 Development History and Politics: Investigating SDP -- 5 Sport, International Development and Mega-events -- 6 International Development and Sporting Celebrity -- 7 Conclusion: Critical Praxis and Pedagogy in SDP -- References -- Notes -- Index.
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Also available in print form.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: ISBN 9781472539540
Sprache:
Englisch
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