Essays about: "Emanuel Raptis"

Found 3 essays containing the words Emanuel Raptis.

  1. 1. Carrying the ball? A critical discourse analysis of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s sport for development and peace agenda

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Emanuel Raptis; [2018]
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    Abstract : While the perceived sudden closure of the United Nations Office of Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) in May 2017 has left many sport for development (SDP) scholars and practitioners pondering its future, the playing field is on the offensive to gain ground and fill the gaps caused by its withdrawal. With SDP being one of the core pillars within its sustainable development work, the Commonwealth Secretariat (CWS) has picked up the pace in producing and publishing a series of five high-level policy and advocacy resources in the period 2013-2017 with the aim of assisting governments and other stakeholders in strengthening their SDP policies and strategies. READ MORE

  3. 2. Free Human Agency through Sport? Exploring the impact on agency among volunteer peer-educators in sport based HIV/AIDS prevention interventions in a disadvantaged urban area in South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Emanuel Raptis; [2015]
    Keywords : sport for development; peer-education; agency; self-esteem; self-efficacy; HIV AIDS; critical realism; South Africa; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : To this date, a growing body of scientific literature has emerged focusing on the effects of sport for development programs towards the intended primary beneficiaries. Less is known, however, about the effects on those individuals tasked with delivering those interventions in the field. READ MORE

  4. 3. International Tourism Demand for Greece : A study of the impact of the Athens Olympic Games 2004

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Emanuel Raptis; [2011]
    Keywords : International Tourism Demand; Greece; mega events; Olympic Games; cross-section data analysis;

    Abstract : This paper examines the development of income in the tourist generating coun-tries, the relative prices controlled for the exchange rate, and the distance in kilo-meters between the capital in the origin countries and Athens as determinants of international tourism demand for Greece. By the deployment of an OLS log-linear regression model coupled with annual cross-section data for the period between 1998 and 2007, the desired effects could be captured. READ MORE