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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809048303321

Titolo

Current issues in contemporary sport development / / edited by Kay Biscomb, Richard Medcalf and Gerald Griggs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4438-8848-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Disciplina

796.069

Soggetti

Sports administration - Social aspects

Sports and state

Sports administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays is the result of the debate and discussion at the European Sport Development Network's (ESDN) annual conference in 2014. ESDN's vision is to help create an environment where sports policies, programmes and practices are positively influenced by innovative, research-informed insight and collaborations between academics and practitioners. The chapters in this book closely reflect the remit and purpose of the ESDN in that they come from a variety of academics and sport practitioners. Under a broad theme of 'Opportunity through sport', the chapters reflect the nature and