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Sport is perceived to have the potential to alleviate a variety of social problems and generally to ‘improve’ both individuals and the communities in which

Written by one of the leading international authorities on the sociology of race and sport, this is the first book to address sport′s role in ′the making of

Over the past three decades there has been widespread commitment to an understanding that sport can play a key role in community development. The role of sport

1968 was a year of protest in civil society (Prague, Paris, Chicago) and a year of protest in sport. After a world-wide campaign, the anti-apartheid movement su

This book critically examines the ways in which sports contribute to, or inhibit, social well-being, the directions these changes take and the conditions necess