Table of Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgementsiPart One Introduction to the Study of Sport, Sociology, and Peace/i1. Critiquing Sport, Transforming Sport: An Introduction to the Study of Sport, Sociology, and PeaceIntroductionCritiquing Sport, Transforming SportLinking Sport and Peace'Sport' and 'Peace' as Floating SignifiersThis BookAddressing Social Inequality: The Underlying ThemeMy Background and this BookA Warning and an Opportunity2. Theory, Sport, and Peace: Tools and Lenses for Seeing Sport 'in Context'IntroductionDifferent Lenses, Different InterpretationsThis ChapterSeeing Sport 'Up-Close' and 'In Context': Race for the Cure and Why Theory Is ImportantThe Questions We AskFunctionalism and CriticsSport, Cultural Studies, and HegemonyHegemony, Its Critics, and Why It Is Still UsefulAn Underlying Problem and a Way ForwardCritical Theories and Contextual Cultural StudiesMaking a Difference In and Through SportiPart Two Exploring the 'New and Old' Politics of Sport and Peace/i3. Sport, Diplomacy, and NationalismIntroductionA Story about Sport, Sociology, and PoliticsIntroducing and Contesting 'the Nation'Sport and Nation-Building in Divided SocietiesReflecting on Sport, Unity, and CommunitySport, Nationalism, and International Diplomacy'Public Diplomacy' and 'Serious Diplomacy'Reflections on Sport, Diplomacy, and the Nation4. Sport, Global Politics, and PeaceIntroductionSport and PoliticsThe Decline of the Nation: Setting the Stage for Neoliberalism and Intensified GlobalizationThe Neoliberal ResponseSociology of Sport and a Critique of NeoliberalismGlobalization and the Sociology of SportSo What is Globalization?Concerns and Debates about Sport-Related GlobalizationGlocalization' and Corporate NationalismGlobalization, Peace, and Democracy: Contemplating the Golden Arches Theory of Conflict PreventionReflections on TheoryOther Understandings of Globalization: Looking AheadiPart Three Peace Activism, Peace Education, and a Sporting Praxis/i5. Pursuing Peace 'From Below': Sport, Social Movements, and (Ironic) ActivismIntroductionSport and Social Movements: BackgroundBut What Is Activism, and What Are Social Movements?Different Perspectives on Sport and Social Movements'Pre-Political' Resistance and Symbolic Resistance: Social Movements and Sport-Related SubculturesAlter-Globalization, and SportPost-Politics?: Life Politics, Lifestyle Politics, and SportThe Success of Movements: Political Opportunity and Resource MobilizationDo Movements Matter?: Hegemony, Ironic Activism, and Reflections on TheoryLooking Ahead6. Pursuing Praxis: Peace Education, Critical Pedagogy, and the Sociology of SportIntroductionConscientization, Praxis, and the Sociology of SportSo What Is Peace Education?Sport, Cultural Studies, and Critical PedagogySome Sport-Related Critical Pedagogical PracticesLow Income Women, Recreation, and 'Feminist Participatory Action Research' (FPAR)Functionalism, Prevention, and a Sociological Imagination?: Exploring Sport Programmes Designed to Support Underserved YouthAn Extended Case Study of 'Theory Meeting Practice': The Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) ProgrammeUsing Theory to Link MVP with Other Strategies for Change: Sport Media and Anti-Violence EducationA Pro-Feminist Media Education ProgrammeEvaluating ChangeConclusioniPart Four Key Topics and Pressing Concerns/i7. Reflections on Intervention and Imperialism in the Sport for Development and Peace IndustryIntroductionExploring Tensions around Sport and International DevelopmentSport-in-International Development: What It Looks Like and What It IsDefining 'International Development''In the Field' With Sport for Development and Peace NGOs: Connecting Theory and PracticeThe Power of Sport?: Guiding Principles in the Sport of Development and Peace MovementSocial Capital and the Mathare Youth Sports AssociationReflections on Theory and Practice around MYSAFootball for Peace: A Sociological Imagination and a 'Sport for Peace' InterventionRemaining Cautious about SDP WorkConclusion8. Sport, the Environment, and Peace: Debates and Myths about 'Carbon Neutral' SportIntroductionExploring Controversies around Sport and the EnvironmentThis ChapterSport, Recreation, Environmental Issues, and Peace: An IntroductionThe Sociology of Sport and Environmental IssuesModernism, Sport, and Perspectives on the 'Human and Non-Human' RelationshipSustainability and the 'Ecological Modernist' ResponseWhat's Wrong with Ecological Modernization?Sport, the Environment, and NeoliberalismA Closer Look at Ecological Modernization and Sport: The Case of 'Carbon Neutral' Sport EventsToo Good to be Green?Reflections on Sport, the Environment, Power, and Privilege9. Towards a 'Sport for Peace Journalism'?: Problems and Possibilities in Sport MediaIntroductionSport Media, Peace and Conflict: Themes in the Sociology of SportWhat Are the Implications of Sport-War Connections?Violence is NormalizedNuanced Sport Media: Some Reflections, Warnings, and a Way ForwardExplaining the 'Dominant Frame' and Some Concerns about 'Propaganda' ModelsIs a 'Sport-for-Peace Journalism' Possible?ConclusioniPart Five Conclusion/i10. Conclusion: Six Summary Arguments and a 'Minor Utopian' VisionThemes in Sport, Sociology, and Peace: A Set of Concluding ArgumentsAnd Where Do We Go From Here?: Reflections on Social Change and Strategies to Achieve ItFinal Thoughts: Imagining and Pursuing 'Minor Utopias' and 'Structural Renewal' in and around SportReferencesIndex
