Digital activism: Neoliberalism, the internet, and sport for youth development

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-181

  Wilson, Brian ^a   Hayhurst, Lyndsay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 62749109066     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: 15432785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.26.1.155     Document Type: Article

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