Disability in the global sport arena : a sporting chance /
Disability in the global sport arena : a sporting chance /
edited by Jill M. Le Clair.
- London : Routledge, 2012.
- x, 247 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
- Sport in the global society. Contemporary perspectives .
- Sport in the global society. Contemporary perspectives. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : global organizational change in sport and the shifting meaning of disability / Disability rights and change in a global perspective / Paralympic Games and 60 years of change (1948-2008) : unification and restructuring from a disability and medical model to sport-based competition / Transformed identity : from disabled person to global Paralympian / Promoting social inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities through sport : Special Olympics International, global sport initiatives and strategies / Deaflympics and the Paralympics : eradicating misconceptions / South Africa, apartheid and the Paralympic Games / Contested issues in research on the media coverage of female Paralympic athletes / Bruce Kidd -- Jill M. Le Clair -- Marcia H. Rioux -- David Legg and Robert Steadward -- Jill M. Le Clair -- Coreen M. Harada ... [et al.] -- Donalda Ammons and Jordan Eickman -- Ian Brittain -- Athanasios (Sakis) Pappous, Anne Marcellini and Eric de Leseleuc -- Preface / China and the development of sport for persons with a disability, 1978-2008 : a review / Living disability and restructuring International Paralympic Committee sport in Oceania : the challenge of perceptions, spatial dispersal and limited resources / Physical activity and sport as a tool to include disabled children in Kenyan schools / Contested perspectives of'marvel' and'mockery' in disability and sport : Accra, Ghana / Use of sport by a health promoting school to address community conflict / 'Bladerunner or boundary runner'? : Oscar Pistorius, cyborg transgressions and strategies of containment / Participation rates of developing countries in international disability sport : a summary and the importance of statistics for understanding and planning / New direction : disability sport in Malaysia / Risk of catastrophic injury in sports and recreation / Reflections on the participation of Muslim women in disability sport : hijab, Burkini, modesty and changing strategies / Sun Shuhan ... [et al.] -- Jagdish C. Maharaj -- Jose Frantz ... [et al.] -- Anne-Marie Bourgeois -- Patricia Struthers -- Moss E. Norman and Fiona Moola -- Jackie Lauff -- Selina Khoo -- Charles H. Tator -- Sima Limoochi with Jill M. Le Clair.
9780415488518 (hbk.) RM448.10 0415488516 (hbk.)
Sports for people with disabilities.
Sports administration.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : global organizational change in sport and the shifting meaning of disability / Disability rights and change in a global perspective / Paralympic Games and 60 years of change (1948-2008) : unification and restructuring from a disability and medical model to sport-based competition / Transformed identity : from disabled person to global Paralympian / Promoting social inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities through sport : Special Olympics International, global sport initiatives and strategies / Deaflympics and the Paralympics : eradicating misconceptions / South Africa, apartheid and the Paralympic Games / Contested issues in research on the media coverage of female Paralympic athletes / Bruce Kidd -- Jill M. Le Clair -- Marcia H. Rioux -- David Legg and Robert Steadward -- Jill M. Le Clair -- Coreen M. Harada ... [et al.] -- Donalda Ammons and Jordan Eickman -- Ian Brittain -- Athanasios (Sakis) Pappous, Anne Marcellini and Eric de Leseleuc -- Preface / China and the development of sport for persons with a disability, 1978-2008 : a review / Living disability and restructuring International Paralympic Committee sport in Oceania : the challenge of perceptions, spatial dispersal and limited resources / Physical activity and sport as a tool to include disabled children in Kenyan schools / Contested perspectives of'marvel' and'mockery' in disability and sport : Accra, Ghana / Use of sport by a health promoting school to address community conflict / 'Bladerunner or boundary runner'? : Oscar Pistorius, cyborg transgressions and strategies of containment / Participation rates of developing countries in international disability sport : a summary and the importance of statistics for understanding and planning / New direction : disability sport in Malaysia / Risk of catastrophic injury in sports and recreation / Reflections on the participation of Muslim women in disability sport : hijab, Burkini, modesty and changing strategies / Sun Shuhan ... [et al.] -- Jagdish C. Maharaj -- Jose Frantz ... [et al.] -- Anne-Marie Bourgeois -- Patricia Struthers -- Moss E. Norman and Fiona Moola -- Jackie Lauff -- Selina Khoo -- Charles H. Tator -- Sima Limoochi with Jill M. Le Clair.
9780415488518 (hbk.) RM448.10 0415488516 (hbk.)
Sports for people with disabilities.
Sports administration.