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 through the early 21st centuries. Including both archival research and extensive interviews with more than 15 individuals who were central to the institutions and movements that shaped sport as a force for development, this book will be of particular interest to the growing number of scholars, students, practitioners, advocates and activists interested in the possibilities and limitations of sport-for-development. weiterlesen