Transnational organizations and practitioners who use sport for international development often position sport as a unique option for tackling development challenges. While sport can be a tool for social change, the authors in this collection bring a critical eye to this assumption and offer new perspectives on the use of sport for development and peace (SDP) in local and global contexts. The book seeks to generate new dialogues and explore linkages for development and SDP researchers through considerations of sport's potential to challenge and/or perpetuate key global issues and problems. These analyses consider the SDP work done 'on the ground' and interrogate the historical, social and political circumstances of these practices. The authors explore how best to examine, theorize, critique and potentially improve local SDP initiatives.
This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of both Development Studies and Sport. It was originally published as a special issue of the online journal Third World Thematics.
| ISBN: | 9780367663490 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2020 |
| Author: | Megan Chawansky, Lyndsay Hayhurst, Mary G McDonald, Cathy van Ingen |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Series: | ThirdWorlds |
| Genres: |
Development studies Cultural studies Peace studies and conflict resolution Politics and government Sports |
Transnational organizations and practitioners who use sport for international development often position sport as a unique option for tackling development challenges. While sport can be a tool for social change, the authors in this collection bring a critical eye to this assumption and offer new perspectives on the use of sport for development and peace (SDP) in local and global contexts. The book seeks to generate new dialogues and explore linkages for development and SDP researchers through considerations of sport's potential to challenge and/or perpetuate key global issues and problems. These analyses consider the SDP work done 'on the ground' and interrogate the historical, social and political circumstances of these practices. The authors explore how best to examine, theorize, critique and potentially improve local SDP initiatives.
This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of both Development Studies and Sport. It was originally published as a special issue of the online journal Third World Thematics.
Innovations in 'Sport for Development and Peace' Research features in the following genres: Development studies, Cultural studies, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Politics and government, Sports
Innovations in 'Sport for Development and Peace' Research is available in Paperback
Innovations in 'Sport for Development and Peace' Research was written by Megan Chawansky, Lyndsay Hayhurst, Mary G McDonald, Cathy van Ingen and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Innovations in 'Sport for Development and Peace' Research has 144 pages
Yes it is part of ThirdWorlds series
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