Football, Development and Peace
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Football, Development and Peace

Local Projects in Global Contexts

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eBook - ePub

Football, Development and Peace

Local Projects in Global Contexts

About this book

This book critically examines the intersection of football, development, and peacebuilding through diverse case studies across global contexts. Drawing on the author's 20 years' experience of research and practice in sport-for-development across six continents, the book explores the potential of football as a unifying force and a tool of positive social change.

Analysing initiatives in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Albania, Venezuela, Liberia, and Australia, the book examines the socio-political landscapes of these regions, assessing the effectiveness of football-based programmes in promoting social integration, development, and peace, and in addressing challenges such as poverty, health, inequality, and violence. Emphasising the importance of cultural sensitivity, collaborative partnerships, and critical reflection, the book offers insights into the complexities, challenges, limitations, and potential of football-for-development initiatives.

Featuring important perspectives on research, methodology, ethics, implementation, and practice, this book is essential reading for any advanced student, researcher, or practitioner with an interest in sport development, sport management, football studies, development studies, or the wider relationships between sport and society.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. List of abbreviations
  9. Chapter 1 Football, development, and peace: Concepts, theories, agencies, and methods
  10. Chapter 2 Northern Ireland after the Omagh bombing: An introduction to community peace projects and the role of professional football clubs in sports diplomacy
  11. Chapter 3 Football and peace promotion in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia: From Sarajevo to Srebrenica
  12. Chapter 4 Engaging with victims of terrorism in Russia: Football as a “decoy” in Beslan
  13. Chapter 5 Football and the reintegration of asylum seekers and immigrants in Albania
  14. Chapter 6 Providing refuge and education in the “murder capital of the world”: TEFL and futsal in Venezuela
  15. Chapter 7 Playing football and building peace?: Reintegrating child ex-combatants in Liberia
  16. Chapter 8 Soccer, African refugees, and First Nations communities in Australia
  17. Chapter 9 The impacts, challenges, and limitations of short-term football-for-development projects
  18. References
  19. Index