Explores the particular social problems that governments seek to address through sport, and examines the nature and extent of the evidence for sport's positive role. The book illustrates that, in an era of evidence-based policy-making, the cumulative evidence base for many of these claims is relatively weak.
Explores the particular social problems that governments seek to address through sport, and examines the nature and extent of the evidence for sport's...
Sport is increasingly regarded as a powerful tool in international development. In this comprehensive introduction to the area of 'sport-for-development', leading researcher Fred Coalter critically evaluates the strengths and weaknesses and successes and failures of sport-for-development policies and programs. Beginning with an outline of the historical development of policies of sport-for-development, this book explores the objectives that remain central to international sport-for-development initiatives, including issues of defining and measuring impacts, the development of self-efficacy...
Sport is increasingly regarded as a powerful tool in international development. In this comprehensive introduction to the area of 'sport-for-developme...
