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Volume 12, 2009 - Issue 9: The Social Impact of Sport
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The social impact of sport: diversities, complexities and contexts

Ramón Spaaij School of Management, La Trobe University, Australia; Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1109-1117 | Published online: 10 Nov 2009

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