You might also like

More about Participatory Approaches in Sport for Development

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 165 loyalty points

Book synopsis

In recent years sport has received more attention in international development fora. Various actors have come forward and made claims for the positive potential of sport to make significant contributions to development interventions. Amongst others sport is said to facilitate processes of empowerment and democratisation in communities and societies. This book takes a critical look at these claims. It explores important aspects which need to be considered when designing sport programmes that are meant to empower and to democratise. Its point of entry is the concrete case of a Zambian community based sports organisation. The case demonstrates how power issues influence people's opportunities to take part in decision-making and to experience democracy and empowerment through their participation in sports. The analysis shows how participatory methodologies applied in sport can make sport truly unfold its democratising and empowering potential. This book should be useful for professionals as well as students and academics concerned with the linkages between empowerment and sport in development work.

Book details

Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Sports & outdoor recreation

• Full title: Participatory Approaches in Sport for Development
• Subtitle: Empowerment and Democratisation in Community Based Sports in Zambia
• Author: Peter Legat
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140
• EAN: 9783639248104
• ISBN: 3639248104
• ID: 06832374
• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Weight: 254 g
• Dimensions: 156 × 229 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. June 2010

Trending among others

---

---

---