Global Sport-For-Development - (Global Culture and Sport) by Daryl Adair (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"In recent years, sport has been used as an instrument through which wider development objectives are pursued. This includes sport as a means to create awareness about the risks of HIV; sport as a vehicle to counter inter-group hostility; and sport as an environment where children can find respite in the wake of military conflict. The use of sport for the purposes of development is neither simple nor inherently successful. It is therefore regrettable that some of the agents and organisations involved in development programs provide idealistic accounts of their activities, thus suggesting that field work is unproblematic. By contrast, this book provides a critical approach to sport-for-development, acknowledging the potential of this growing field but emphasising challenges, problems and limitations - particularly if programs are not adequately planned, delivered or monitored. The book features both critical theory and reflective praxis, and will thus be useful to both academics and practitioners"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In recent years, sport has been used as an instrument through which wider development objectives are pursued. This includes sport as a means to create awareness about the risks of HIV; sport as a vehicle to counter inter-group hostility; and sport as an environment where children can find respite in the wake of military conflict. The use of sport for the purposes of development is neither simple nor inherently successful. It is therefore regrettable that some of the agents and organisations involved in development programs provide idealistic accounts of their activities, thus suggesting that field work is unproblematic. By contrast, this book provides a critical approach to sport-for-development, acknowledging the potential of this growing field but emphasising challenges, problems and limitations - particularly if programs are not adequately planned, delivered or monitored. The book features both critical theory and reflective praxis, and will thus be useful to both academics and practitioners.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Richard Giulianotti, Loughborough University, UK Gary Armstrong, Brunel University, UK Simon C. Darnell, Durham University, UK Lyndsay Hayhurst, University of Ottawa, Canada Fred Coalter, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK John Sugden, University of Brighton, UK James Wallis, University of Brighton, UK John Lambert, University of Brighton, UK Oscar Mwaanga, Southampton Solent University, UK Kabanda Mwansa EduSport Foundation, Zambia Ruth Jeanes, Monash University, Australia Jonathan Magee, University of Central Lancashire, UK Justin Richards, University of Oxford, UK Charlie Foster, University of Oxford, UK Zachary Kaufman, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Brooke Page Rosenbauer, Sport-for-Development, US Gabriela Moore, University of Virginia, US Nanko G van Buuren, Brazilian Institute for Innovations in Social Health, Brazil Elizabeth Kath, RMIT University, Australia Katja Siefken, AUT University, New Zealand Grant Schofield, AUT University, New Zealand
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