Globalizing Sport Studies

Sport and International Development: A Critical Sociology


Simon C. Darnell, PhD.






Introduction - Situating sport-for-development and the SDP movement Connecting âSport' to âInternational Development'


1. Sport-for-Development: Historical and Political Context


2. Sport for Development and Peace (SDP): terms and tenets


3. Stakeholders


4. A Theoretical Approach to SDP


5. Methodology


6. Paradoxes of development and paradoxes of sport for development


7. SDP: A New Social Movement?


8. Overview of the Book






Chapter 1 - Sport Sociology and the SDP movement


1. Introduction


2. Hegemony theory and the Sociology of Sport


3. Foucauldian theories of power and sport


4. Neo-Marxist Discourse


5. Sport and the Post-colonial


6. Sport and/as Human Rights


7. Conclusions: Implications for sport in development






Chapter 2 - International Development Studies and SDP: syntheses and opportunities


1. Introduction


2. A Short History of Development Practice and Theory


3. The Political Economy of Development Inequality


4. Culture, Development and SDP in the post-colonial


5. Development as Struggle


6. Conclusion










Chapter 3 - The SDP intern/volunteer experience


1. Introduction


2. Subjectivities in Development and SDP


3. Interns' experiences


4. Conclusions




Chapter 4 - SDP, development theory, and policy & politics


2. Major Issues


2.1 First World/Third World


2.2 Modernization residue


2.3 Relations of power


2.4 Sustainability


2.5 Monitoring and Evaluation


3. The Political Orientation of SDP






Chapter 5 - Sport, international development and mega-events


1. Introduction


2. The Socio-Political Economy of Sports mega-events


3. The Development Agenda of Sports Mega-events in the South


4. Three theses for understanding sports mega-events in/as development


5. Sports mega-events: Possibilities and Limitations


6. Future Research


7. Conclusion




Chapter 6 - Sport and international development: investigating sporting celebrity


1. Introduction


2. Celebrity, Development, Sport: Possibilities and Pitfalls


3. Sporting Celebrity in SDP: Insights from the Field


3.1 Drawing attention to development


3.2 Raising capital


3.3 Sport organizations and philanthropy


3.4 Role modelling -


3.5 Celebrity Athletes and the Politics of Change


4. Conclusion: Critical Considerations




Chapter 7 - Conclusion: Critical praxis and pedagogy in SDP


1. Introduction


2. Summary of arguments


3. A Sociological Vigilance in SDP


4. Critical Praxis


5. Critical Pedagogy


6. Final thoughts