Sport, Social Development and Peace.

By: Kinney, DavidContributor(s): Young, Kevin | Okada, ChiakiMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Research in the Sociology of Sport SerPublisher: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (306 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781783508860Subject(s): Sports -- Social aspects | Sports -- Sociological aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sport, Social Development and PeaceDDC classification: 306.483 LOC classification: HM1106-1171Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
FRONT COVER -- SPORT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- CHAPTER 1 ETHICAL CHALLENGES AND PRINCIPAL HURDLES IN SPORT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT WORK -- INTRODUCTION -- THE TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT -- VOICES AND AGENCY -- SOCIAL REPRODUCTION -- PRIVILEGE AND DOMINANCE -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 MIDDLE-WALKERS: NEGOTIATING MIDDLE GROUND ON THE SHIFTING TERRAIN OF SPORT, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- MIDDLE-WALKERS -- THE SHIFTING TERRAIN OF SPORT, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT -- WALKING THE MIDDLE GROUND OF SDP -- ON THE MARGINS OF THE MIDDLE GROUND: EXPLORING RESPONSES BY SPORT ORGANIZATIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS -- SEEKING MIDDLE GROUND IN THE PROCESSES OF RECONCILIATION: STUDYING PEACE ACTIVISM, CELEBRITY, AND RUNNING EVENTS IN KENYA -- MANY PATHS THROUGH THE MIDDLE GROUND: REFLECTIONS AND A WAY FORWARD -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 USING POSTCOLONIAL FEMINISM TO INVESTIGATE CULTURAL DIFFERENCE AND NEOLIBERALISM IN SPORT, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING IN UGANDA -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- SPORT, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT -- CONTEXT OF STUDY: UGANDA -- METHODOLOGY AND BACKGROUND ON SGD PROGRAMS -- FINDINGS -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 SERVICE-LEARNING: AN EDUCATIONAL MODEL FOR SPORT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BACKGROUND -- THE CONTEXT: IRAQI REFUGEES IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE -- THE COURSE: SPORT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -- THE STRUCTURE: SPORT AND SERVICE COURSE OUTLINE -- THE RESULTS: SPORT AND SERVICE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSION -- CHALLENGES -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SPORT TO HIV/AIDS AWARENESS -- INTRODUCTION -- HIV/AIDS AWARENESS AND SPORT IN RECENT YEARS.
CASE EXAMPLE IN ZIMBABWE -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN THE PREVENTION OF YOUTH VIOLENCE: A LIFE SKILLS-BASED APPROACH IN EL SALVADOR -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 AND ITS LEGACY ON "SPORT AND DEVELOPMENT" PRACTICES IN SOUTH AFRICAN CITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- WORLD CUP LEGACY AND THE "RIGHT TO THE CITY" -- LEGACY FOR "SPORT AND DEVELOPMENT" IN SOUTH AFRICA -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 AN EXAMINATION OF CROSS-CULTURAL MENTORSHIP IN ALBERTA'S FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEW OF LITERATURE -- CULTURAL RELEVANCY -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- METHODOLOGY -- METHODS -- ANALYSIS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 FROM GENOCIDE TO COMMUNITY SPORT: A CAMBODIAN LIFE HISTORY -- INTRODUCTION -- GENERAL CONTEXT: THE CHANGING PLACE OF SPORT IN CAMBODIAN SOCIETY -- OUR KEY INFORMANT AND HIS SPORT PHILANTHROPY -- A RETROSPECTIVE METHOD -- OUK SARETH: JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST -- A CAMBODIAN SPORT ODYSSEY THROUGH THE LENS OF A SURVIVOR -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10 WHERE'S THE "EVIDENCE?" REFLECTING ON MONITORING AND EVALUATION WITHIN SPORT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- EVIDENCE FOR WHAT AND WHOM? -- REFLECTING ON MONITORING AND EVALUATION PRACTICES -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11 MEGA-EVENTS, SPORT LEGACIES AND SOCIOLOGICALLY INFORMED IMPACT ASSESSMENT -- INTRODUCTION: ON BEING SOCIOLOGICAL IN NON-SOCIOLOGICAL PLACES -- THE REALITIES OF MEGA-EVENTS AND THEIR MEASUREMENT.
STRANGE CURRENCIES: SOCIOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS OF MEGA-EVENTS, SOCIO-GENESIS AND SPORT LEGACY -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12 INSIGHTS AND INVESTIGATIONS OF THE SOCIAL LEGACIES IN THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES: THE OLYMPIC GAMES IMPACT (OGI) STUDY -- INTRODUCTION -- NAVIGATING THE DISCOURSE OF SPORT MEGA-EVENTS: TERMS, CONTENTIONS AND CONTRADICTIONS -- DME: SOCIAL INCLUSION AS SOCIAL LEGACY -- "HOSTING INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE GAMES": VANOC'S PROMISE FOR A SOCIAL LEGACY -- OGI: EVALUATING SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH INDICATOR-BASED IMPACT ASSESSMENT -- INCLUSION: REPRESENTATION, MULTICULTURALISM, DIVERSITY AND ACCESSIBILITY -- ENGAGEMENT: RED MITTENS, BLUE JACKETS -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES.
Summary: This volume is part of the early systematic inquiry into the analysis of sport as a developmental device. The book features an international roster of global experts. The chapters represent three groups: theory and philosophy, empirical research in 'on-the-ground' case studies, and those using circumspection to construct cases regarding evaluation.
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FRONT COVER -- SPORT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- CHAPTER 1 ETHICAL CHALLENGES AND PRINCIPAL HURDLES IN SPORT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT WORK -- INTRODUCTION -- THE TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT -- VOICES AND AGENCY -- SOCIAL REPRODUCTION -- PRIVILEGE AND DOMINANCE -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 MIDDLE-WALKERS: NEGOTIATING MIDDLE GROUND ON THE SHIFTING TERRAIN OF SPORT, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- MIDDLE-WALKERS -- THE SHIFTING TERRAIN OF SPORT, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT -- WALKING THE MIDDLE GROUND OF SDP -- ON THE MARGINS OF THE MIDDLE GROUND: EXPLORING RESPONSES BY SPORT ORGANIZATIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS -- SEEKING MIDDLE GROUND IN THE PROCESSES OF RECONCILIATION: STUDYING PEACE ACTIVISM, CELEBRITY, AND RUNNING EVENTS IN KENYA -- MANY PATHS THROUGH THE MIDDLE GROUND: REFLECTIONS AND A WAY FORWARD -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 USING POSTCOLONIAL FEMINISM TO INVESTIGATE CULTURAL DIFFERENCE AND NEOLIBERALISM IN SPORT, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING IN UGANDA -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- SPORT, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT -- CONTEXT OF STUDY: UGANDA -- METHODOLOGY AND BACKGROUND ON SGD PROGRAMS -- FINDINGS -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 SERVICE-LEARNING: AN EDUCATIONAL MODEL FOR SPORT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BACKGROUND -- THE CONTEXT: IRAQI REFUGEES IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE -- THE COURSE: SPORT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -- THE STRUCTURE: SPORT AND SERVICE COURSE OUTLINE -- THE RESULTS: SPORT AND SERVICE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSION -- CHALLENGES -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SPORT TO HIV/AIDS AWARENESS -- INTRODUCTION -- HIV/AIDS AWARENESS AND SPORT IN RECENT YEARS.

CASE EXAMPLE IN ZIMBABWE -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN THE PREVENTION OF YOUTH VIOLENCE: A LIFE SKILLS-BASED APPROACH IN EL SALVADOR -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 AND ITS LEGACY ON "SPORT AND DEVELOPMENT" PRACTICES IN SOUTH AFRICAN CITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- WORLD CUP LEGACY AND THE "RIGHT TO THE CITY" -- LEGACY FOR "SPORT AND DEVELOPMENT" IN SOUTH AFRICA -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 AN EXAMINATION OF CROSS-CULTURAL MENTORSHIP IN ALBERTA'S FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEW OF LITERATURE -- CULTURAL RELEVANCY -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- METHODOLOGY -- METHODS -- ANALYSIS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 FROM GENOCIDE TO COMMUNITY SPORT: A CAMBODIAN LIFE HISTORY -- INTRODUCTION -- GENERAL CONTEXT: THE CHANGING PLACE OF SPORT IN CAMBODIAN SOCIETY -- OUR KEY INFORMANT AND HIS SPORT PHILANTHROPY -- A RETROSPECTIVE METHOD -- OUK SARETH: JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST -- A CAMBODIAN SPORT ODYSSEY THROUGH THE LENS OF A SURVIVOR -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10 WHERE'S THE "EVIDENCE?" REFLECTING ON MONITORING AND EVALUATION WITHIN SPORT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- EVIDENCE FOR WHAT AND WHOM? -- REFLECTING ON MONITORING AND EVALUATION PRACTICES -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11 MEGA-EVENTS, SPORT LEGACIES AND SOCIOLOGICALLY INFORMED IMPACT ASSESSMENT -- INTRODUCTION: ON BEING SOCIOLOGICAL IN NON-SOCIOLOGICAL PLACES -- THE REALITIES OF MEGA-EVENTS AND THEIR MEASUREMENT.

STRANGE CURRENCIES: SOCIOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS OF MEGA-EVENTS, SOCIO-GENESIS AND SPORT LEGACY -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12 INSIGHTS AND INVESTIGATIONS OF THE SOCIAL LEGACIES IN THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES: THE OLYMPIC GAMES IMPACT (OGI) STUDY -- INTRODUCTION -- NAVIGATING THE DISCOURSE OF SPORT MEGA-EVENTS: TERMS, CONTENTIONS AND CONTRADICTIONS -- DME: SOCIAL INCLUSION AS SOCIAL LEGACY -- "HOSTING INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE GAMES": VANOC'S PROMISE FOR A SOCIAL LEGACY -- OGI: EVALUATING SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH INDICATOR-BASED IMPACT ASSESSMENT -- INCLUSION: REPRESENTATION, MULTICULTURALISM, DIVERSITY AND ACCESSIBILITY -- ENGAGEMENT: RED MITTENS, BLUE JACKETS -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES.

This volume is part of the early systematic inquiry into the analysis of sport as a developmental device. The book features an international roster of global experts. The chapters represent three groups: theory and philosophy, empirical research in 'on-the-ground' case studies, and those using circumspection to construct cases regarding evaluation.

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