The History and Politics of Sport-for-Development: Activists, Ideologues and Reformers

This book focuses on the major social and political forces that have shaped the ways in which sport has been understood, organized, and contested in an effort to engender social change.

Integrating the history of international development with the history of modern sport, the authors examine the underpinnings of sport-for-development from the mid-19^th through the early 21st centuries. Including both archival research and extensive interviews with more than 15 individuals who were centra...