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Global sport-for-development : critical perspectives
- Title
- Global sport-for-development : critical perspectives / edited by Nico Schulenkorf, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia and Daryl Adair, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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- Description
- xvi, 256 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "In recent years, sport has been used as an instrument through which wider development objectives are pursued. This includes sport as a means to create awareness about the risks of HIV; sport as a vehicle to counter inter-group hostility; and sport as an environment where children can find respite in the wake of military conflict. The use of sport for the purposes of development is neither simple nor inherently successful. It is therefore regrettable that some of the agents and organisations involved in development programs provide idealistic accounts of their activities, thus suggesting that field work is unproblematic. By contrast, this book provides a critical approach to sport-for-development, acknowledging the potential of this growing field but emphasising challenges, problems and limitations - particularly if programs are not adequately planned, delivered or monitored. The book features both critical theory and reflective praxis, and will thus be useful to both academics and practitioners"--
- Series Statement
- Global culture and sport
- Uniform Title
- Global culture and sport.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 14-1864
- ISBN
- 9781137289629 (hardback)
- 1137289627 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2013044654
- OCLC
- 852224771
- Title
- Global sport-for-development : critical perspectives / edited by Nico Schulenkorf, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia and Daryl Adair, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
- Publisher
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Global culture and sportGlobal culture and sport.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Added Author
- Schulenkorf, Nico.Adair, Daryl.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 14-1864