This book critically examines the ways in which sports
contribute to, or inhibit, social well-being, the directions these
changes take and the conditions necessary for sport to have
beneficial outcomes. The themes addressed in the book demonstrate
the diversity and versatility of the social impacts sport can
potentially achieve as well as the variable benefits of sport in
different social contexts. The contributions are focused around
four major themes:
- Sport development and social change: intended and
unanticipated consequences
- Empowerment and personal change through sport
- Sport participation, social inclusion and social change
- The impact of sport in society: historical and comparative
perspectives
The volume constitutes the first scholarly attempt to locate,
compare and conceptualize the social impact of sport in different
local, national and international contexts. Through international
comparison and empirically grounded case studies the book provides
an important new departure in the study of the social meanings of
sport in society, linking themes and areas that have previously
been studied merely separately from one another.
This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport
in Society.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Sport in the Global Society - Contemporary Perspectives |
Release date: |
September 2010 |
First published: |
2011 |
Editors: |
Ramon Spaaij
|
Dimensions: |
246 x 174 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
166 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-58394-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Social institutions >
Leisure
|
LSN: |
0-415-58394-2 |
Barcode: |
9780415583947 |
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