Description: This comprehensive, practical text examines both the overarching foundations and functional applications of Sport for Development and Peace, using managerial, sociological, historical, political, and other multidisciplinary frameworks.
Review Quotes: "Sport is one of the most important tools we have in society to creatively employ successful and sustainable international development and peacebuilding endeavors. Its ability to transcend interpersonal, cultural, socioeconomic and political borders is unparalleled. Sport for Development and Peace is a must read for anyone interested in this growing field. Sport truly does have the power to change the world and this book gives readers a comprehensive and powerful story of its foundations as well as a brilliant roadmap for present and future applications in the field." --Chad Ford, professor of intercultural peacebuilding and director for the David O. McKay Center for Intercultural Understanding, BYU-Hawaii