Sport Social Work: Promoting the Functioning and Well-being of College and Professional Athletes provides pre-service and practicing social workers with a wide-

This volume is part of the early systematic inquiry into the analysis of sport as a developmental device. The book features an international roster of global ex

This book analyses the increasing use of sport in European and Western welfare states as a tool of social policy and its promotion as a solution to social probl

This book examines sport as an inclusive and developmental environment, exploring the conditions by which community sport initiatives can promote personal devel

Cutting through the political rhetoric about the power of sport as a tool for social change and personal improvement, this book offers insight into how and why