The Value of Sport: Insights

by Aaron CT Smith and Bob Stewart

This concise and thought-provoking book examines the myths and realities surrounding the wider value of sport. It asks a fundamental question: what is it about sport that leads to grand claims about its supposed capacity to do so many good things for society?

Examining the evidence from sport around the world, at all levels, the book challenges the commonly held, uncritical assumptions about the value of sport. It looks closely at the claims...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032902892
• ISBN13: 9781032902890
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 136 Pages