
Sport and International Development
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 27. November 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIX, 276 pages
978-1-137-00316-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'Sport and International Development...is a welcome addition to this developing academic area and provides an informative account illustrating the diverse ways sport is used for itnernational development'. - International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 'The book is interesting in its theory-based analysis of a highly practical development strand. Sport and International Development helps to look at the issue from many different angles and enables the reader to ask whether sport really is an appropriate tool for social change' - Development in Practice 'Sport and International Development provides a solid foundation, and it is a useful tool...The collection addresses the contentious issues in the field today and offers answers to how sport can be a contributor to meaningful social change in the developing world. Because of this, the book is helpful, both to academics and practitioners, in helping to frame the way we think about sport-in-development programs through a variety of lenses.' - Impumelelo: The Interdisciplinary Electronic Journal of African SportsMore details
Series
Edition
2009
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
biography
Dimensions
Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 15.2 cm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
436 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-00316-4 (9781137003164)
DOI
10.1057/9780230584402
Schweitzer Classification
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Roger Levermore | Aaron Beacom
Sport and International Development
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Persons
GERARD AKINDES is a doctoral student at the University of Ohio, USA
JERRY BINGHAM is the Research& Policy Manager at UK Sport, the body charged by Government with the task of leading sport in the UK to world-class success plus a range of other responsibilities
FRED COALTER is Professor of Sports Policy at the University of Stirling, UK
SCARLETT CORNELISSEN is Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
TIM CRABBE is Professor of the Sociology of Sport and Popular Culture at Sheffield Hallam University, UK and a founding member and Director of Substance, a new co-operative social research company based in Manchester
JUDE FOKWANG is Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa
MATTHEW KIRWAN is doctoral student in the Political Science department at Michigan State University, USA and a research assistant with the Afrobarometer
SARA NICHOLLS is a graduate student at the University of Ottawa in the collaborative Sociology of Sport and Women's Studies program
LORNA READ is Associate Director of Programs and Research at the Sports NGO Right To Play in Toronto, Canada
MARTHA SAAVEDRA is the Associate Director of the Center for African Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, USA
JERRY BINGHAM is the Research& Policy Manager at UK Sport, the body charged by Government with the task of leading sport in the UK to world-class success plus a range of other responsibilities
FRED COALTER is Professor of Sports Policy at the University of Stirling, UK
SCARLETT CORNELISSEN is Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
TIM CRABBE is Professor of the Sociology of Sport and Popular Culture at Sheffield Hallam University, UK and a founding member and Director of Substance, a new co-operative social research company based in Manchester
JUDE FOKWANG is Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa
MATTHEW KIRWAN is doctoral student in the Political Science department at Michigan State University, USA and a research assistant with the Afrobarometer
SARA NICHOLLS is a graduate student at the University of Ottawa in the collaborative Sociology of Sport and Women's Studies program
LORNA READ is Associate Director of Programs and Research at the Sports NGO Right To Play in Toronto, Canada
MARTHA SAAVEDRA is the Associate Director of the Center for African Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, USA
Content
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 and Opportunities in Gender and Sport-in-development; M. Saavedra On the Backs of Peer Educators: Using Theory to Interrogate the Role of Young People in the Field 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