International Sports Volunteering (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society) - Softcover

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Angela M. Benson is a Principle Lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK. She is the Founding Chair of the Volunteer Tourism Research Group on behalf of the Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS); Adjunct Associate Professor of the University of Canberra, Australia; a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society with IBG and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Angela has recently been appointed by the International Standards Office (ISO) as the convener for the International Volunteer Tourism Standard that is currently being developed. She has published widely in the areas of volunteering, sustainability and research methods

Nicholas Wise is a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. His research interests traverse the subjects of sport, events and tourism, and human geography. Originally from Pennsylvania, Nicholas has been a sports volunteer in several countries, including Australia, the Dominican Republic and Scotland. He is a member of the Regional Studies Association and has served as co-secretary of the Sports Volunteering Research Network. Nicholas has published widely across several disciplines. His work has appeared in academic journals, book chapters, conference proceedings, and encyclopaedias and he recently co-edited books on sport and interdisciplinary perspectives