International sports volunteering
Title By: Benson, Angela M [Edited by] | Wise, Nicholas [Edited by]
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BookSeries: Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 79.Publisher: London : Routledge, c2017.Description: xiii, 261 p. ; ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781138697775Subject(s): Sports tourism | Volunteer tourism | Volunteer workers in sportsDDC classification: 796.0693 IN TE | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 796.0693 IN TE (Browse shelf) | Available | T0057240 |
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| 796.069 MA ST Strategic sports event management / | 796.069 OB ST Strategic management in sport | 796.069 WA SP Sports management and administration | 796.0693 IN TE International sports volunteering | 796.0694092 BE MI Million dollar arm : sometimes to win, you have to change the game | 796.0698 CO NS Consumer behavior knowledge for effective sports and event marketing / | 796.0698 FU CO Consumer behaviour in sport and events : marketing action / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : directions and insight in international sport volunteering research / Angela M Benson and Nicholas Wise -- Co-creation in events : values of volunteers and volunteer tourists at Iditarod in Alaska and the Finnmark race in Norway / Kari Jaeger and Line Mathisen -- Creativity-based volunteering at the Winter Olympics in Sochi : beyond sport and borders / Valery Gordin and Irina Borovskaia -- Living abroad and volunteering at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow / Nicholas Wise -- The transgressive potential of volunteering : issues and legacies at the 2014 Cleveland/Akron Gay Games / Nigel Jarvis -- Pull factors for Perth : developing an international golf volunteer engagement strategy (iGoVolES) / Alfred Ogle and David Lamb -- Indirect volunteers and application of the volunteer cube : a framework for international sport volunteering? / Berit Skirstad and Elsa Kristiansen -- International development through excellence and leadership in sport (IDEALS) : the Namibia and Liverpool John Moores University programme / Tom Fletcher and Danny Cullinane -- International sport volunteering and social legacy : impact, development and health improvement in Lusaka, Zambia / Fiona Reid and Jenny Tattersall -- Learning about sport for development and peace through international volunteers / Mike Bartle and Peter Craig -- The motives and social capital gains of sport for development and peace volunteers in Cameroon : a comparative analysis of international and national volunteers / Joanne Clarke and Paul Salisbury -- The role of ISV in international volunteer tourism programmes / Angela M Benson -- Concluding comments and future directions in international sport volunteering research / Nicholas Wise and Angela M Benson.
This timely book brings together diverse and interdisciplinary insights to explore the nature of contemporary sports volunteering. It addresses conceptual uncertainties and challenges associated with international sport volunteering and offers insight into its future directions, management, impact and sustainability. This is the first book to explore the dynamics and diversity of sport volunteering and will be of interest to those studying sport, leisure studies, tourism and events.