The glue that holds the community together? sport and sustainability in rural Australia

Sport in Society

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1132-1146

  Spaaij, Ramón ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77956351715     PISSN: 17430437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17430430903137787     Document Type: Article

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