Localizing global sport for development / Iain Linsey, Tess Kay, Ruth Jeanes and Davies Banda.

By:

Lindsey, Iain [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Globalizing sport studiesPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resource (1 electronic resource (xii, 223 pages))Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781526114310
1526114313
1526104997
9781526104991

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Localizing global sport for developmentDDC classification:

796.0994 23

LOC classification:

GV673.Z33

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Introduction -- 1. Sport for development in policy, practice and research -- 2. Sport, development and the political-economic context of Zambia -- 3. Sport as a development partner: international, national and community integration -- 4. Young people in Zambia: their lives and social contexts -- 5. Approaches to local sport for development provision -- 6. Being involved: young people's experiences of sport for development -- Conclusions: localizing global sport for development -- References -- Index.

Summary: This jointly authored book extends understanding of the use of sport to address global development agendas by offering an important departure from prevailing theoretical and methodological approaches in the field. Drawing on nearly a decade of wide-ranging multidisciplinary research undertaken with young people and adults living and working in urban communities in Zambia, the book presents a localised account that locates sport for development in historical, political, economic and social context. A key feature of the book is its detailed examination of the lives, experiences and responses of young people involved in sport for development activities, drawn from their own accounts. The book's unique approach and content will be highly relevant to academic researchers and post-graduate students studying sport and development in across many different contexts.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-218) and index.

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This jointly authored book extends understanding of the use of sport to address global development agendas by offering an important departure from prevailing theoretical and methodological approaches in the field. Drawing on nearly a decade of wide-ranging multidisciplinary research undertaken with young people and adults living and working in urban communities in Zambia, the book presents a localised account that locates sport for development in historical, political, economic and social context. A key feature of the book is its detailed examination of the lives, experiences and responses of young people involved in sport for development activities, drawn from their own accounts. The book's unique approach and content will be highly relevant to academic researchers and post-graduate students studying sport and development in across many different contexts.