{"product_id":"a-wider-social-role-for-fred-coalter-9780415363495","title":"A Wider Social Role for Sport: Who's Keeping the Score?","description":"\u003cp\u003eSport is perceived to have the potential to alleviate a variety of social problems and generally to 'improve' both individuals and the communities in which they live. Sport is promoted as a relatively cost effective antidote to a range of social problems - often those stemming from social exclusion - including poor health, high crime levels, drug abuse and persistent youth offending, educational under-achievement, lack of social cohesion and community identity and economic decline. To this end, there is increasing governmental interest in what has become known as 'sport for good'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Wider Social Role for Sport\u003c\/em\u003e presents the political and historical context for this increased government interest in sport's potential contribution to a range of social problems. The book explores the particular social problems that governments seek to address through sport, and examines the nature and extent of the evidence for sport's positive role. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt illustrates that, in an era of evidence-based policy-making, the cumulative evidence base for many of these claims is relatively weak, in part because such research is faced with substantial methodological problems in isolating the precise contribution of sport in many contexts. Drawing on worldwide research, \u003cem\u003eA Wider Social Role for Sport \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the current state of knowledge and understanding of the presumed impacts of sport and suggests that we need to adopt a different approach to research and evaluation if sports researchers are to develop their understanding and make a substantial contribution to sports policy.. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fred Coalter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415363497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415363495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Fred Coalter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086308651263,"sku":"9780415363495","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_068f2e5a-392d-4bf3-8b0c-5bb5e66d33db.jpg?v=1769093943","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-wider-social-role-for-fred-coalter-9780415363495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}