The History and Politics of Sport-for-Development: Activists, Ideologues and Reformers (Global Culture and Sport Series) - Hardcover

Darnell, Simon C.; Field, Russell; Kidd, Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137439432 ISBN 13: 9781137439437

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

Synopsis

 

This book focuses on the major social and political forces that have shaped the ways in which sport has been understood, organized, and contested in an effort to engender social change.

 

Integrating the history of international development with the history of modern sport, the authors examine the underpinnings of sport-for-development from the mid-19th through the early 21st centuries. Including both archival research and extensive interviews with more than 15 individuals who were central to the institutions and movements that shaped sport as a force for development, this book will be of particular interest to the growing number of scholars, students, practitioners, advocates and activists interested in the possibilities and limitations of sport-for-development.

About this title

About the Author:

Simon C. Darnell is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Canada. 
Russell Field is Associate Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology & Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Canada. 
Bruce Kidd is Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Canada. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1137439432
• ISBN 13: 9781137439437
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 348