Sport and International Development [Paperback]

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.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

'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

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