Sport for Development and Peace
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Sport for Development and Peace

A Critical Sociology

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Sport for Development and Peace

A Critical Sociology

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This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. The role of sport in development initiatives has grown dramatically over the last five years, now finding a place in the UN's millennium development goals. In Sport and Development for Peace, Simon Darnell outlines the most recent sociological research on the role of sport in development initiatives. The book analyses the relationship between sport and international development and looks at what this reveals about socio-political economy. It addresses a gap in the literature by focusing on issues of politics, power and culture, particularly looking at volunteer experience, mega-sporting events and sporting celebrity in the context of development. Darnell questions the belief that sport can offer a 'solution' to enduring development issues. Drawing on the latest empirical research, the book is a thorough and timely analysis of the social and political implications of tying sport to development.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2012
ISBN
9781849665919
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Sport for Development and Peace
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Globalizing Sport Studies Series Editorā€™s Preface
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Acronyms
  7. Introduction: Situating sport-for-development and the ā€˜sport for development and peaceā€™ sector
  8. 1 Social Theory, the Sociology of Sport and the Study of SDP
  9. 2 International Development Studies and SDP: Syntheses and Opportunities
  10. 3 The SDP Intern/Volunteer Experience
  11. 4 Development History and Politics: Investigating SDP
  12. 5 Sport, International Development and Mega-events
  13. 6 International Development and Sporting Celebrity
  14. 7 Conclusion: Critical Praxis and Pedagogy in SDP
  15. References
  16. Notes
  17. Index