Playing and protesting: Sport as a vehicle for social change

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-175

  Kaufman, Peter ^a   Wolff, Eli A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Athletes; Politics; Social change; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952304766     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: 15527638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193723509360218     Document Type: Article

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