Beyond Sport for Development and Peace

Transnational Perspectives on Theory, Policy and Practice

Lyndsay M. C. Hayhurst, Tess Kay, Megan Chawansky, Lyndsay M. C. Hayhurst, Tess Kay, Megan Chawansky

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781138067837
• eBook ISBN: 9781317615491
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Global Development Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

Debates around the 'sport for development and peace' (SDP) movement have entered a new phase, moving on from simple questions surrounding the utility of sport as a tool of international development. Beyond Sport for Development and Peace argues that critical research and new perspectives and methodologies are necessary to balance the local aspects and global influences of sport and to better understand the power relations embedded in SDP on a transnational scale. As the era of the Millennium Development Goals gives way to a new agenda for sustainable development, this book considers the position of SDP.

The book brings together contributors from 15 different countries across the developed and developing worlds, including academic researchers and 'on the ground' experts, practitioners and policy-makers, to provide one of the most diverse set of perspectives assembled in SDP scholarship. Looking to the renewed development agenda, its authors explore theoretical, policy and practical dimensions that address the broadening geographical and cultural spread of SDP, the emergence of issues such as child protection within it, its increased capacity for critical reflection on practice, and its potential for new collaborative approaches to knowledge production. Through its combination of academically-led chapters paired with practice-oriented 'responses' it offers an important reconceptualization of SDP as a contributor to development policy, and opens up important new avenues for studying and 'practising' SDP. Beyond Sport for Development and Peace is therefore essential reading for all researchers, advanced students, policy-makers and practitioners working in sport development or international development.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of illustrations
• Notes on contributors
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Theorizing sport for development Intersections among sport, gender and development
• Reflection on theorizing sport for development Intersections among sport, gender and development
• 2 Cuban sport and the challenges of South–South solidarity
• Reflection on Cuban sport and the challenges of South–South solidarity
• 3 Development and peace through sport in ‘Confucian Asia'
• Reflection on growing the sport for development sector in Confucian Asian
• 4 Child protection and SDP The post-MDG agenda for policy, practice and research
• Reflection on child protection and SDP The post-MDG agenda for policy, practice and research: making sport safer for children everywhere
• 5 Beyond girl power and the Girl Effect The girling of sport for development and peace
• Reflection on beyond girl power and the Girl Effect The girling of sport for development and peace
• 6 The benefits and challenges of girl-focused Indigenous SDP programs in Australia and Canada
• Reflection on the benefits and challenges of girl-focused Indigenous SDP programs in Australia and Canada A practitioner's critique of Hayhurst, Giles and Wright (2015) using experiences from two case studies in the NWT
• 7 Sustainable management of sport-for-development through youth re-engagement The FREYCA framework
• Reflection on sustainable management of sport-for-development through youth re-engagement The FREYCA framework
• 8 Examining the educator Toward a critical pedagogy of sport for development and peace
• Reflection on examining the educator Toward a critical pedagogy of sport for development and peace: critical pedagogy and SDP practice
• 9 Theorizing role models in sport for development and peace
• Reflection on theorizing role models in sport for development and peace “That strong passion to move on forward”: coaches as sporting role models at Boxgirls International
• 10 Researching ‘sustainable development in African sport' A case study of a North–South academic collaboration
• Reflection on researching ‘sustainable development in African sport' A case study of a North–South academic collaboration
• 11 Researching with Go Sisters, Zambia Reciprocal learning in sport for development
• Reflection on researching with Go Sisters, Zambia Reciprocal learning in sport for development
• Index