Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Sport , McSweeney, Svensson, Hayhur..

Name: Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Sport , McSweeney, Svensson, Hayhur..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Sport for Development and PeaceAuthor(s): Mitchell McSweeney, Per Svensson, Lyndsay Hayhurst, Parissa Safai\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032044446, 978-1032044446\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the ways in which sport for development and peace (SDP) offers an opportunity for entrepreneurship to take place through and within sport, and how innovation in the context of SDP contributes to social and economic value for underrepresented and marginalised groups and individuals. \n\nWritten by a team of leading international SDP researchers, and featuring the voices of active SDP practitioners, the book examines the ways in which entrepreneurs seek to use sport and/or social innovation in and through sport to achieve their goals of social and economic development. It explores the strategies that SDP organizations and practitioners are utilizing in the current neoliberal moment.