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The Palgrave Handbook of Paralympic Studies

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Table of Contents

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Introduction
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    Chapter 2 Disability Models: Explaining and Understanding Disability Sport in Different Ways
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    Chapter 3 Multiple Oppression and Tackling Stigma Through Sport
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    Chapter 4 Disability and Barriers to Inclusion
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    Chapter 5 Sport and Social Movements by and for Disability and Deaf Communities: Important Differences in Self-Determination, Politicisation, and Activism
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    Chapter 6 Game Changer? Social Media, Representations of Disability and the Paralympic Games
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    Chapter 7 Key Points in the History and Development of the Paralympic Games
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    Chapter 8 Development of the IPC and Relations with the IOC and Other Stakeholders
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    Chapter 9 The International Paralympic Committee as a Governing Body
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    Chapter 10 Organising and Delivering the Modern Paralympic Games: Contemporary Debates Relating to Integration and Distinction
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    Chapter 11 The Paralympic Movement: A Small Number of Behemoths Overwhelming a Large Number of Also-Rans—A Pyramid Built on Quicksand?
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    Chapter 12 Comparative Sport Policy Analysis and Paralympic Sport
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    Chapter 13 The Paralympic Movement and the International Development Agenda
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    Chapter 14 The Rise of China as a Paralympic Superpower
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    Chapter 15 The Paralympic Movement and the Boycott Agenda: South Africa, Apartheid and the Paralympic Games
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    Chapter 16 The Paralympic Movement and Diplomacy: Centring Disability in the Global Frame
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    Chapter 17 Women and Athletes with High Support Needs in Paralympic Sport: Progress and Further Opportunities for Underrepresented Populations
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    Chapter 18 Evolution and Development of Best Practice in Paralympic Classification
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    Chapter 19 Intellectual Disability, Special Olympics and Parasport
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    Chapter 20 Prostheses and Other Equipment: The Issue of the Cyborg Athlete—Interrogating the Media Coverage of the Cybathlon 2016 Event
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    Chapter 21 Paralympic Philosophy and Ethics
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    Chapter 22 The London 2012 Paralympic Games
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    Chapter 23 Sochi 2014
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    Chapter 24 The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
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    Chapter 25 2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Games and the South Korean Political Intention
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    Chapter 26 Visions on the Legacy of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
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    Chapter 27 Marketing of Paralympic Sports: Attracting Spectators and Sponsors
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    Chapter 28 Developing Disability Sport: The Evolving Role of the University Sector
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    Chapter 29 Paralympic Legacies: A Critical Perspective
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    Chapter 30 Concluding Thoughts
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Title
The Palgrave Handbook of Paralympic Studies
Published by
Palgrave Macmillan, London, February 2018
DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-47901-3
ISBNs
978-1-137-47900-6, 978-1-137-47901-3
Editors

Ian Brittain, Aaron Beacom

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Country Count As %
Unknown 74 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 16 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 12%
Student > Bachelor 9 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 8%
Lecturer 5 7%
Other 11 15%
Unknown 18 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 17 23%
Social Sciences 11 15%
Psychology 4 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 4%
Arts and Humanities 3 4%
Other 17 23%
Unknown 19 26%