The politics of sport-for-development: Limited focus programmes and broad gauge problems?

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-314

  Coalter, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

civil society; human rights; policy; sport for development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955374855     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690210366791     Document Type: Article

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