Honey or vinegar? Athletes with disabilities discuss strategies for advocacy within the paralympic movement

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 351-370

  Bundon, Andrea ^a   Clarke, Laura Hurd ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Disability Rights Movement; Disability sport; Paralympic; Qualitative online methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960351795     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: 15527638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193723514557823     Document Type: Article

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