Social Exclusion from High-Performance Sport: Are all Talented Young Sports People being given an Equal Opportunity of Reaching the Olympic Podium?

Journal of Sport & Social Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 420-442

  Collins, Michael F ^a   Buller, James R ^b  

^a research and policy for the Sports Council   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

high performance; social exclusion; sport; talent; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944477399     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: 15527638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193732503255483     Document Type: Article

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