Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 448 g
Who's Keeping the Score?
Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 448 g
ISBN: 978-0-415-36349-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
A Wider Social Role for Sport presents the political and historical context for this increased government interest in sport’s potential contribution to a range of social problems. The book 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.
It illustrates that, in an era of evidence-based policy-making, the cumulative evidence base for many of these claims is relatively weak, in part because such research is faced with substantial methodological problems in isolating the precise contribution of sport in many contexts. Drawing on worldwide research, A Wider Social Role for Sport explores the current state of knowledge and understanding of the presumed impacts of sport and suggests that we need to adopt a different approach to research and evaluation if sports researchers are to develop their understanding and make a substantial contribution to sports policy.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Introduction 2. Sport and Social Policy: From Sport for all to Sport for Good 3. Sport and Social Impacts: Do we Need New Rules? 4. Sport and Social Regeneration: A Capital Prospect? 5. Sport-in-Development: A Global Role for Sport? 6. Sport and Education: Scoring on the Pitch and in the Classroom? 7. Sport and Crime: Getting Out of Jail? 8. Sport and Economic Impacts: Investing in Success? 9. Conclusions