Sport development and sport for development in the caribbean : a sociology of emerging trends

The emergence of sport for development as a developmental strategy led by the United Nations and the use of sport by companies around the world as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility strategies have brought to the fore its developmental utility. Within this broader global context, Sport De...

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Main Author McCree, Roy (Author)
Format Electronic Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
SeriesResearch in the sociology of sport ; v. 26.
Subjects
Development economics.
Sports > Economic aspects.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781804554609
DOI10.1108/s1476-2854202526
Physical Description1 online resource (296 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction - sport development and sport for development in the Caribbean: A sociology of emerging trends / Roy McCree
  • Section I. Development of sport
  • Chapter 1. A multi-level analysis of 20th century west Indian cricket as black sporting resistance / Joseph N. Cooper
  • Chapter 2. Haitian isolation: Baseball's identity crisis in the dominican republic / Patrick Gentile
  • Chapter 3. Baseball: A cultural sport practice and national heritage in cuba / Neris Rodrg̕uez-Matos, Margarita Victoria Hernǹdez Garrido, and Jorge Luis Herrera Ochoa
  • Chapter 4. Cuban women in sport: A soft power asset of the socialist revolution / Jacqueline Laguardia Martinez
  • Chapter 5. From a trickle to a throng: Transatlantic soccer migration from trinidad and tobago, 1933-2019 / Roy McCree
  • Chapter 6. A culture of care: Jamaican female college athletes and yosso's cultural wealth model / Khalilah Doss
  • Chapter 7. Recruitment and retention issues of female athletes: Triathletes in trinidad and tobago / Anand Rampersad
  • Chapter 8. Indigenous sports in the French Caribbean: Gender, the yoles rondes and boat racing in martinique / Hľn̈e Zamor
  • Section II. Sport for development
  • Chapter 9. Esports and sport for development in the Caribbean / Russell Stockard
  • Chapter 10. Sport for development in haiti and the contribution of haitian athletes to the world of football / Eustache Placide
  • Chapter 11. Where bodies roar: The transformative impact of football on earthquake survivors with physical disabilities in haiti / Kapriskie Seide and Gayle Kaufman
  • Chapter 12. Boxing beyond the ring: A holistic program for women in trinidad and tobago / Ria Ramnarine, Kalyn McDonough, and Matthew J. Robinson.

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