Development through Sport: Building Social Capital in Disadvantaged Communities

Sport Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-275

  Skinner, James ^a   Zakus, Dwight H ^a   Cowell, Jacqui ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Brisbane City Council

Author keywords

clubs; community sport; policy; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049172516     PISSN: 14413523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1441-3523(08)70112-8     Document Type: Article

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