Investigating the capacity of sport to act both as a conduit for traditional development assistance activities and as an agent for change in its own right,this book argues that sport can contribute to the development process, particularly where traditional development approaches have difficulty in engaging with communities. ÍNDICE: List of Illustrations - List of Contributors - Preface; L. Read and J. Bingham - Introduction - Sport and Development: Mapping the Field; R. Levermore and A. Beacom - Sport-in-International Development: Theoretical Frameworks; R. Levermore - Sport-in-Development: Accountability or Development?; F. Coalter - A Delicate Balance: Major Sport Events and Development; S. Cornelissen - Disability Sport and the Politics of Development; A. Beacom - Dilemmas andOpportunities in Gender and Sport-in-development; M. Saavedra - On the Backs of Peer Educators: Using Theory to Interrogate the Role of Young People in theField of Sport-in-development; - S. Nicholls - Getting to Know You: Using Sport to Engage and Build Relationships with Socially Marginalized Young People; T. Crabbe - Southern Perspective on Sport-in-development: A Case Study of Football in Bamenda, Cameroon; J. Fokwang - Sport as International Aid: Assisting Development or Promoting Under-development in Sub-Saharan Africa?; - G. Akindes and M. Kirwan - Conclusion - Index - -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-54256-3
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 19/12/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés