Featuring multi-disciplinary perspectives from world-leading researchers and practitioners from around the world, this book analyzes the central elements of, and research issues within, the field of SDP. Providing a series of case studies of key research, it is the most comprehensive and far-reaching text published on this topic to date.

Introduction, Part I: The SDP Sector, 1. The History of SDP, 2. The SDP Sector, 3. SDP and Global Development, 4. SDP Structures, Policies and Funding Streams, 5. International Governmental Organizations in the SDP Sector, 6. Non-Governmental Organizations in the SDP system, 7. SDP and Partnerships, 8. SDP and Olympism, 9. SDP and Corporate Social Responsibility, 10. SDP and Sustainable Development Goals, 11. SDP and Monitoring and Evaluation, 12. SDP and Human Rights, 13. SDP and Social Exclusion, Part II: The Social Study of SDP, 14. SDP and Social Theory, 15. SDP and Research Methods, 16. SDP and Research Ethics, 17. SDP and Feminist Theory, 18. SDP and Postcolonial Theory, 19. SDP and Social Anthropology, 20. SDP and Sport Psychology, 21. SDP and Sport Management, Part III: Themes and Issue in SDP, 22. SDP and Gender, 23. SDP and Peace, 24. SDP and Disability, 25. SDP and Volunteering, 26. SDP and Social Capital, 27. SDP and Health - Non-Communicable Diseases, 28. SDP and Health - HIV/AIDS, 29. SDP and Education, 30. SDP and Positive Youth Development, 31. SDP and Youth in the Global North, 32. SDP and Action Sports, 33. SDP and Homelessness, 34. SDP and Refugees, 35. SDP and the Environment, 36. SDP and Coaching, Part IV: SDP in National and Regional Contexts, 37. Africa - SDP and Sports Academies, 38. Belgium: Community Sport in Flanders, 39. Cambodia - Reconciliation, Hope and Different Ways of Seeing, 40. Canada and Australia - SDP and Indigenous Peoples, 41. Cuba - Revolutionary Games, 42. Liberia: Tournaments and T-Shirts, 43. Norway - Charity or Development?, 44. South Africa - Trends and Scholarship, 45. South Pacific - Fostering Healthy Lifestyles, 46. Zambia- The SDP Ideal?