Description
Book SynopsisThis 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.
Trade Review‘Localizing Global Sport forDevelopment is an exceptional account oflongitudinal sport for development (SfD) projects in the Zambian communities ofChawama and Lusaka, through the SfD organizations, EduSport, and Sport inAction.’
RobbieMatz, University of Georgia – Sport Management & Policy, InternationalReview for the Sociology of Sport
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
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
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