Accessibility in Sport Management, 9781032015798
Hardcover
Sport for all: Making venues truly accessible and inclusive.

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  • Hardcover

    146 pages

  • Release Date

    17 April 2025

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Summary

Leveling the Playing Field: A Guide to Accessibility in Sport Management

This book introduces the fundamental principles of accessible and inclusive sport venue management, with a focus on people with disability. It offers a social‑ecological analysis of how governments, businesses, the disability social movement, sports organisations, and their stakeholders can, and should, make sport more accessible and inclusive.

Using a critical disability studies perspective, this book …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781032015798
ISBN-10:1032015799
Series:European Association for Sport Management Series
Author:Simon Darcy, Juan Luis Paramio-Salcines, Paul J. Kitchin, Tracey J. Dickson
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:Routledge
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:146
Release Date:17 April 2025
Weight:450g
Dimensions:216mm x 138mm
About The Author

Simon Darcy

Simon Darcy is a Professor of social inclusion in the UTS Business School at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He specialises in developing inclusive organisational approaches for diversity groups and understanding the social impact of organisations and individuals. Simon is also a person with a high‑level spinal cord injury and power wheelchair user who brings an insider’s understanding to research and engagement.

Paul J. Kitchin is a Senior Lecturer at Ulster University, UK. His major research interests explore commercial health, youth, and disability within sport.

Tracey J. Dickson is an Associate Professor in Events and Tourism Management in the Faculty of Business, Government and Law at the University of Canberra, Australia. Her major areas of research include accessible tourism, snow sport safety, risk management, and mega event volunteers. Tracey has a love of Alpine environments where she is an accredited ski instructor who also instructs in adaptive skiing for people with disability.

Juan Luis Paramio‑Salcines is a Senior Lecturer in sport management at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. He has been researching the intersection of corporate social responsibility, stadium management, and the development of accessibility in sport since the mid‑1990s, both from a theoretical and applied perspective.

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