The History and Politics of Sport-for-Development Activists, Ideologues and Reformers /

• Main Authors: Darnell, Simon C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Field, Russell (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kidd, Bruce (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Global Culture and Sport Series,
• Subjects: Sports-Sociological aspects.; Economic development.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Development Theory.

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 un...