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Youth and Sport for Development
Holly Collison
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Description for Youth and Sport for Development
Hardback. Num Pages: 255 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; GTF; JHBS; JHMC; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Processes of development concerning reconciliation, rehabilitation and peace-building have become a central theme for global organizations tasked with intervening in broken and divided societies after violent conflicts. What can reunite populations divided by war and violence whilst attempting to build a peaceful civil society? This book considers the impact and value of sport, notably football, towards achieving this goal.
Using extensive fieldwork from Liberia, Collison highlights the multiple and diverse stakeholders and actors aligning themselves with ‘Sport for Development and Peace’ interventions. By unpacking and conceptualising the ambiguous terminology, complex social effects and the lived experience of SDP, ... Read moreProduct Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
Number of Pages
241
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137524683
SKU
V9781137524683
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Holly Collison
Holly Collison is a Research Associate at Loughborough University, UK. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Liberia, West Africa, examining urban youth and the use of football within Sport for Development and Peace projects. Her research interests include sport and international development, cultural studies, youth, notions of community, SDP and social anthropology. She is currently involved in a comparative research ... Read more
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