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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... roles are within the Paralympic Movement . The aim of the chapter on disability and the body is to introduce the reader to the three models of disability ( medical , social and bio - social ) that exist to try and explain many of the ...
... role in all areas of Dr Guttmann's rehabilitation plans . That sport was 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 ...
... roles in spreading the word regarding the Stoke Mandeville Games to various corners of the globe : 1 In the early years much of the driving force for the growth appears to have been down to former patients of Dr Guttmann's who were ...
... role would play a major part in bringing the disability groups together in one Games. Initially ISOD represented a number of disability groups, but by 1981 both the blind and the cerebral palsied had broken away to form their own ...
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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 |