Community Sport and Social Inclusion: Enhancing, Theeboom, Schaillee, Roose,..

Name: Community Sport and Social Inclusion: Enhancing, Theeboom, Schaillee, Roose,..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Community Sport and Social InclusionEnhancing Strategies for Promoting Personal Development, Health and Social Cohesion\nAuthor(s): Marc Theeboom, Hebe Schaille, Rudi Roose, Sara Willems, Lieve Bradt, Emelien Lauwerier\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367356149, 978-0367356149\nSynopsis\nThis book examines sport as an inclusive and developmental environment, exploring the conditions by which community sport initiatives can promote personal development, health and social cohesion, particularly for at-risk youth.\n\nAt the empirical core of the book is a multiple disciplinary study of community sport programmes in Flanders, Belgium, involving researchers from social sport sciences, social work, pedagogy and health care sciences. Drawing on this cutting-edge, realist research, the book considers the implications for sport development policy and practice around the world. The book considers community sport as a vehic.