Sport for development : what game are we playing? / Fred Coalter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coalter, Fred, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports and state.

Sports--International cooperation.

Sports.

International organization.

Internaitonal relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sport is increasingly regarded as a powerful tool in international development. In this comprehensive introduction to the area of 'sport-for-development', leading researcher Fred Coalter critically evaluates the strengths and weaknesses and successes and failures of sport-for-development policies and programs.Beginning with an outline of the historical development of policies of sport-for-development, this book explores the objectives that remain central to international sport-for-development initiatives, including issues of defining and measuring impacts, the development of s

Contents:

Cover; Sport For Development; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 'Fred ... you have not spoken for a long time'; Sport-for-development: pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will; The sport-for-development impact study; Surveys: a neo-colonialist conspiracy?; Types of surveys; How was it done?; Age and development; Some reflections on well-meaning ambition; The structure of the book; Data sets and the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS); Statistical testing; Testing differences

2 Sport-for-development: limited focus programmes and broad gauge problemsIs it really new?; Displacement of scope; Myths, evangelism, conceptual entrepreneurs and incestuous amplification; Approaches to sport-for-development; Rights or externalities?; The United Nations embraces sport, with the exhortation of the evangelists; From economic capital to social capital; Unequal partners, inflated promises and mission drift; Limited focus programmes and broad gauge problems; Conclusion: hope is not a plan; 3 Conceptual entrepreneurs, liberation methodologists and research as a dirty word

Politics, ideology and faith: who needs evidence?Admitting the difficulties; Liberation methodology and research as a dirty word; 'It is too scientific'; Liberation, standard research practice or good manners?; Are researchers simply agents of neo-colonialism?; Logic, what logic?; Why do you think it works?; Conclusion: beyond incestuous amplification; 4 Self-efficacy beliefs: not so deficient after all?; Touching virtually every aspect of people's lives; What is perceived self-efficacy?; How is perceived self-efficacy developed?; Is perceived self-efficacy enough?

Measuring perceived self-efficacyImplementation ... nearly; 'You would not survive three days here'; Programme impacts and beyond averages; Stating the bleeding obvious?; Participants and non-participants: spot the difference; Training peer leaders; Conclusions; Was it sport?; 5 Self-esteem: best taken in moderation; Why self-esteem, why sport?; Cultural relevance; A social vaccine?; Doing well and well-being; Measuring self-esteem; Social desirability bias; Self-selection and self-esteem; Participants and non-participants: beyond sport; Before-and-after surveys; Beyond averages

Sex-related differencesSelf-esteem and five sport-for-development programmes: conclusions; The contingent nature of impacts: stating the obvious?; Perceived self-efficacy and self esteem: doing well and feeling good?; The approach and results: contingency again; Conclusions; 6 Sport-for-development, peer leaders and HIV and AIDS: a method in search of a theory?; Introduction; Knowledge, informed choice and the irrationality of sex; Knowledge, self-efficacy, expressed intention and sex; Peer leaders: symbolism, efficiency or effectiveness?; Arguments for peer education

Peer education: who benefits?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-135-17361-3

0-203-86125-6

1-299-48076-4

1-135-17362-1

9780203861257

OCLC:

843198291