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Much of the material in this book addresses sport-in-development as it is constituted through the overwhelming flow of resources from ‘Northern’ donor states to ‘Southern’ recipient states. In that sense it presents sport-in-development as part of the classical development assistance process. As the introductory chapter indicates (and strongly echoed in Nicholl’s chapter in this publication) however, alternative perspectives on development are evolving, which question the efficacy of development assistance based on such resource transfer. Such perspectives variously concern themselves with the cultural specificity of development settings, the need for empowerment of indigenous communities in the development process and the recognition that knowledge transfer from South to North can contribute to some of the development dilemmas faced in a number of Northern contexts. By focusing on the engagement of Youth Associations in Bamenda, Cameroon, this chapter introduces to the book, a ‘Southern Perspective’ that is illustrative of such debate.
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Fokwang, J. (2009). Southern Perspective on Sport-in-Development: A Case Study of Football in Bamenda, Cameroon. In: Levermore, R., Beacom, A. (eds) Sport and International Development. Global Culture and Sport. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230584402_9
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