Edited by Nico Schulenkorf, Jon Welty Peachey, Ramón Spaaij, and Holly Collison-Randall
With sport’s role now firmly embedded in international development contexts, policy and delivery, this comprehensive Handbook provides a contemporary, multi-disciplinary overview of state-of-the-art research in this critical space.
It features a holistic synthesis of current scholarship as well as new and emerging approaches, contexts and development foci. The Handbook includes chapters on a great variety of sport initiatives, ranging from small community projects to large-scale international events.
The Handbook establishes the nexus between reflection, action, and innovation by presenting critical issues from diverse perspectives and with varied voices. Contributors include seminal scholars from broader disciplines, sport-specific development experts as well as up-and-coming academics who address contemporary challenges such as climate change, gender discrimination, athlete diplomacy and the effects of – and sports’ responses to – the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, the Handbook offers critical outlooks regarding concepts, methodologies, collaborations and knowledge mobilisation in sport and international development.
The Handbook of Sport and International Development will be a crucial resource for those studying and researching sport in international development settings. It will also be critical for policymakers and development practitioners seeking to gain a broader perspective on the important role of sport in international development.
Edward Elgar | 30 November, 2023
ISBN 9781800378919
Contents
Introduction to Handbook of Sport and International Development by Nico Schulenkorf, Jon Welty Peachey, Ramón Spaaij, and Holly Collison-Randall
Part 1: Critical perspectives
Chapter 1: Anthropology – Anthropology, sport, and international development: an ambivalent relationship by Susan Brownell
Chapter 2: Sociology – Sociology and sport for development and peace by Richard Giulianotti
Chapter 3: Policy analysis – Macro- and meso-level analyses of sport and international development by Iain Lindsey
Chapter 4: Indigenous studies – Challenges and opportunities for better engagement by Rochelle Stewart-Withers and Jeremy Hapeta
Chapter 5: Management Business studies – Applying business and management principles to advance sport for development organisations and outcomes by Katie Rowe, Pamm Phillips, and Katherine Raw
Chapter 6: Innovation studies – Social transformation in sport for development by Per G. Svensson
Chapter 7: Youth and social work – Critical reflections on youth, social work and sports-based interventions by David Ekholm and Magnus Dahlstedt
Part 2: International sport-for-development: Key themes
8. Gender – Sport, development and gender: expanding the vision of what we can be and do by Sarah Zipp, Lombe Mwambwa, and Anna Goorevich
9. Education – Education as a central aspect of sport and international development by Ruth Jeanes and Hayley Truskewycz
10. Livelihoods – Livelihood generation for disadvantaged youth in the context of poverty by Cora Burnett and Engela van der Klashors
11. Disability – Disability, sport and social change in sub-Saharan Africa: para sport against stigma by Damian Haslett, Jennifer Wong, Sheila Mogalo, Emma Pullen, and Mufunanji Magalasi
12. Healthy lifestyles – The efficacy of sport for health development initiatives for community health by Michael Edwards
13. Social inclusion – Social inclusion and sport: beating the odds or changing the odds? by Fred Coalter
14. Peace and reconciliation – Critical reflections across theory and practice by Jack T. Sugden and John Sugden
Part 3: Research in Action
Research in Action
15. Research frameworks and models – A critical analysis and identification of features for advancing research in sport for development by Meredith A. Whitley and William V. Massey
16. Research collaborations – On the experience of doing international research on sport for development and peace in South America by Billy Graeff, Simona Šafaříková, and Arnošt Svoboda
17. Life spans – How to determine participation across the life span in the context of sub-Saharan poverty by Bronwyn Sumption
18. SDP and Gender – Women-focused projects in the Arabian Gulf by Hussa K. Al-Khalifa
19. Participatory action research – Innovating research using visual and digital methods in sport for development and peace by Mitchell McSweeney
20. Insights from the frontline of sport and international development – The worlds gone bonkers! by Nick Gates
21. Mapping SFD stakeholders – A social network analysis of stakeholder relationship networks in Africa and Europe
Steve Swanson, Fiona Meeks, Cora Burnett, James Skinner, and by Holly Collison-Randall
22. Drawing and comics – Revisiting sport for development and peace by Shawn Forde
Part 4: Critical issues
Chapter 23: Leadership – Time to re-purpose the pegs: youth leadership development through sport for a post-pandemic world by Tony Ghaye and Tarryn Horner
Chapter 24: Ecology – The international development and the advancement of the global environmental movement in sport by Brian P. McCullough and Jessica R. Murfree
Chapter 25: Entrepreneurship – Origins, trends and outlook in sport for development and peace by Mitchell McSweeney and Gareth Jones
Chapter 26: Social transformation – Critically interrogating girls and women as transformational subjects in sport for development and peace by Lyndsay M.C. Hayhurst, Mitchell J. McSweeney, Raghdah Zakariya, and Simon C. Darnell
Chapter 27: Conflict transformation and positive peace by Tom Woodhouse, Yolanda Antin, and Hiro Fujihara
Chapter 28: Refugees and displacement – A critical look at unaccompanied refugee minors’ experiences in organised sport and recreation activities in Norway by Kabanda Mwansa and Florian Kiuppis
Chapter 29: Diplomacy – Athletes as third-culture builders by Soolmaz Abooali and Margarita Tadevosyan
Chapter 30: Preventing violent extremism – Sport-based learnings from Kenya and Uganda
Holly Collison-Randall, Lin Sambili-Gicheha, Hussa Al-Khalifa, and Ramón Spaaij
Chapter 31: Corporate social (ir-)responsibility – CSR in esports: a strategic bridge to sport for development? by Jukka Rintämaki, Emily Jane Hayday, and Richard Loat
Chapter 32: Design thinking – Human-centred design in sport for development by Greg Joachim
Chapter 33: Action sports – Global issues for action sports and the case of SkatePal by Anna Farello
Chapter 34: Alternative sports – Unveiling the pedagogical kaleidoscope from Homo ludens to Homines iocosi by Jorge Knijnik
Chapter 35: COVID-19 – Sport for development in international settings: responses to COVID-191 by Peter Donnelly and Simon C. Darnell
What people are saying
“”This book is valuable for experienced researchers in this area, those who are just beginning to understand its complexities, and practitioners who can appreciate the growth in theory, using it to change policies affecting their everyday work. … it brings social exclusion research from across the globe under one umbrella and gives tangible examples of how to build socially inclusive spaces.””This is a timely, perceptive, and imaginatively edited collection of articles on the post-COVID achievements, challenges, and opportunities of sport for development. While it’s not shy about revealing the harm created by North-South power imbalances, the neo-colonialism practiced upon Indigenous peoples, and the failure of many good intentions, it’s cautiously hopeful, offering many evidence-based examples of better practices. I learned a lot from it. I commend it to donors, policy-makers, students and scholars, and those on the ground.“
Bruce Kidd, University of Toronto, Canada
“”[A]n important contribution, through articulating key points of differentiation between Global North and South definitions of the concept and how it is manifested in different societies and cultural contexts, and in helping to critique and develop the broader subject area to better serve academics and policy-makers.””This Handbook, carefully curated by world-leading experts in sport and development, provides a comprehensive and sophisticated overview of the field, cutting-edge insights into the issues facing sport and development today and provides a unique global perspective in authorship and contexts.“
Emma Sherry, RMIT University, Australia
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