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Sport and International Politics - Power, Profit, and Peace
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Sport has historically been part of a broader quest of regimes for
power and prestige on the world stage, and that success in global
sport was a function of a country’s projection of hegemony and
place in an anarchic international system. While such historical
trends of politicization of sport continue—witness the
nationalism on display at each Olympic games—today sport is
equally seen as a strategically key approach for advancing human
rights, building peace, strengthening social cohesion, and
fostering development. In practical terms, international sport
resides between a “realist” world of power and profit while at
the same time has become an instrument of liberal internationalism
that sees the advancement of individual values of rights, gender
equality, and empowerment of often marginalized groups such as
indigenous peoples, traumatized war victims, and those with
disabilities. How does international politics affect the world of
global sport, and, how -- if at all – can sport contribute to the
pursuit of sustainable peace? Sport and International Politics:
Power, Profit, and Peace explores the complex linkages between
power politics of the international arena, the profit-seeking,
often elitist and at-times corrupt world of professional
international sport, and the promise for harnessing sport to
promote human rights, inclusive development, and sustainable peace
in a violent world. Timothy D. Sisk presents the case that
sport’s direct relationship to peace is found not in the fanfare
of the Olympic Games (without reform), but in sport- and
play-related contributions to humanitarian action, expanding the
right to access sport and the rights of athletes of all ages and
abilities, and in the well-designed employment of sport in
youth-based development and peacebuilding programs and projects.
Sport’s contribution to peace is found not principally in the
nation-state ensnared Olympic Games, but instead step-by-step, from
the bottom up through sport’s contribution to positive youth
development, empathy and fairness, and through engendering trust
and social cohesion at community and national levels.
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Imprint: |
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2024 |
Authors: |
Timothy D. Sisk
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5381-8711-1 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-5381-8711-6 |
Barcode: |
9781538187111 |
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