{"product_id":"9781137524683","title":"Youth and Sport for Development: The Seduction of Football in Liberia","description":"\u003ch1\u003eYouth and Sport for Development: The Seduction of Football in Liberia\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eCollison, Holly; Collison, Holly\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProcesses of development concerning reconciliation,\nrehabilitation and peace-building have become a central theme for global\norganizations tasked with intervening in broken and divided societies after\nviolent conflicts. What can reunite populations divided by war and violence\nwhilst attempting to build a peaceful civil society? This book considers the\nimpact and value of sport, notably football, towards achieving this goal. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\nUsing extensive fieldwork\nfrom Liberia, Collison highlights the multiple and diverse stakeholders and\nactors aligning themselves with ‘Sport for Development and Peace’\ninterventions. By unpacking and conceptualising the ambiguous terminology,\ncomplex social effects and the lived experience of SDP, this book draw upon\nparticipant voices and the author’s own lived experience within SDP to gain\nsymbolic understandings of culture, identity and the formal and informal social\nstructures in which participants and interventions\noperate.         \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCollison identifies that SDP has become fashionable within\ndevelopment agendas but it remains an aspirational image, a notion of\nseduction, rather than a tested method of reintegration and youth development\nin post-conflict environments. \u003ci\u003eYouth and Sport for Development \u003c\/i\u003equestions\nthe assumptions of SDP rhetoric and programs, and traces the effects of\nfootball - the favoured vehicle of SDP- on youth in post-conflict Liberia.\nExamining three core themes: post-conflict development, youth and community,\nthis book centralises the narratives of young football players in Liberia and\nwill appeal to scholars across Anthropology, Sociology, Sports Studies,\nPolitics and Development. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2016-07-07\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781137524683\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-137-52470-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 241\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752411852940,"sku":"9781137524683","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781137524683.jpg?v=1776576612","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781137524683","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}