Sport for development and peace : : a critical sociology / / Simon Darnell.

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 initi...

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Superior document:Globalizing sport studies series
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Place / Publishing House:London, England : : Bloomsbury Academic,, [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Globalizing sport studies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (182 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.