The Paralympic Games Explained: Second EditionRoutledge, 2016 M07 1 - 246 páginas The Paralympic Games is the second largest multi-sport festival on earth and an event which poses profound and challenging questions about the nature of sport, disability and society. The Paralympic Games Explained is the first complete introduction to the Paralympic phenomenon, exploring every key aspect and issue, from the history and development of the Paralympic movement to the economic and social impact of the contemporary Games. Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, it includes new material on hosting and legacy, Vancouver 2010 to Rio 2016, sport for development, and case studies of an additional ten Paralympic nations. Drawing on a range of international examples, it discusses key issues such as: • how societal attitudes influence disability sport • the governance of Paralympic and elite disability sport • the relationship between the Paralympics and the Olympics • drugs and technology in disability sport • classification in disability sport. Containing useful features including review questions, study activities, web links and guides to further reading throughout, The Paralympic Games Explained is the most accessible and comprehensive guide to the Paralympics currently available. It is essential reading for all students with an interest in disability sport, sporting mega-events, the politics of sport, or disability in society. |
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... Paralympic participation 157 10 The Special Olympics, intellectual disability and the Paralympic Games 198 Bibliography Index 210 225 Figures 0.1 Archery, the very first competitive sport for athletes Table of Contents.
Second Edition Ian Brittain. Figures. 0.1 Archery, the very first competitive sport for athletes with disabilities 2 2.1 Growth in participating nations at the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games 29 2.2 British Paralympic team logo for ...
... archery demonstration event sixty-eight years ago to become the second largest multi-sport festival on the planet after the Olympic Games. Despite this, there are still many misunderstandings and misconceptions regarding both the ...
... archery demonstration event at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, UK to the second largest multi-sport festival on the planet after the Olympic Games. They highlight the visionary nature of the Games founder, Sir Ludwig Guttmann, and the ...
... archery . According to Guttmann archery was of immense value in strengthening , in a very natural way , just those muscles of the upper limbs , shoulders and trunk , on which the paraplegic's well - balanced , upright position depends ...
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2 The Olympic Movement and the Paralympic Games | 23 |
3 The governance of Paralympic sport | 37 |
4 Disability and the body | 52 |
5 The broader social issues of disability within society and their impact on sports participation | 68 |
6 Media marketing and disability sport | 86 |
7 Major issues within the Paralympic Movement | 111 |
8 Diversity at the Paralympic Games | 128 |
9 International perspectives on Paralympic participation | 157 |
10 The Special Olympics intellectual disability and the Paralympic Games | 198 |
Bibliography | 210 |
Index | 225 |