| Author(s) | Laura Misener, Gayle McPherson, David McGillivray, David Legg |
 | Year | 2019 |
 | Pages | 154 |
 | Language | English
|
 | Format | PDF |
 | Size | 2 MB
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 | Publisher | Routledge |
 | ISBN | 1138090786, 978-1138090781, B07H4XLF6M |
This empirically-grounded text
examines the policy, planning, development and implementation of
disability sport events. It draws insights from a major international
comparative study of different types of large multi-national sporting
events: integrated events where able-bodied athletes and athletes with a
disability compete alongside one another, and non-integrated events
where athletes with a disability are separated by time but occurring in
the same location.
Guided by a critical disability
studies perspective, the book highlights the strategic opportunity of
sporting events to influence social change around community
participation, and attitudes and awareness about disability more
broadly. It also challenges assumptions about positive event legacies
and suggests a need for a multi-lateral approach to planning.
An
important read for students, researchers and scholars in the fields of
sport policy, sport development, disability sport, sport management,
disability studies and event studies.
