Game Changer: The Transformative Potential of Sport: The Tranformative Potential of Sport - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848882289 ISBN 13: 9781848882287

Publisher: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2014

Synopsis

What is the value of sport? The study of sport is inherently inter-disciplinary. This book brings together papers that contribute insight into the complexities, multiple understandings and contemporary approaches to sports studies.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Dun is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication at Northwestern University, Qatar. Her research focuses on media influences on physical activity and sports participation in the Muslim world. Karl Spracklen is Professor of Leisure Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. He has interests across leisure including the history, philosophy and sociology of sport. Nicholas Wise is Lecturer in Sport, Events and Tourism Management at Glasgow Caledonian University. Trained as a geographer, his research focuses on sport, community and identity in the Dominican Republic.

Edition details

• Publisher: Inter-Disciplinary Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848882289
• ISBN 13: 9781848882287
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 225
• Editor: Dun Susan, Spracklen Karl, Wise Nicholas