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The History and Politics of Sport-For-Development : Activists, Ideologues and Reformers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (338 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137439444
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.483
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Contents:
THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF SPORT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: The Long Narrative of Sport-for-Good -- 1: Introduction: Theorizing the History of Sport-for-Development -- 2: Model Men -- Introduction -- The Context of Development -- Sport and the Imperial Project -- The Beginnings of Sport's Model Men -- Tom Brown's School Days, Thomas Hughes, and the Development of Muscular Christians -- Exporting Sport -- Missionaries and Sport: Disciplining Bodies, Cultivating Christians -- Conclusion -- 3: Institutionalizing and Internationalizing Sport-for-Good -- Introduction -- The Context of Development -- Sport-for-Good in the Age of Progress -- Physical Work at Home: The YMCA in North America -- Sport, Protestantism, and American Organizations Abroad: The YMCA Goes International -- Play with a Purpose: Beyond the YMCA -- Resistance and Persistence -- Purposeful Recreation for Women and Girls -- The Persistence of Imperial Attitudes Toward Sport -- Assertions of Local Resistance -- From Rational Recreation to Organized Sport -- Elwood Brown, Sport in the Philippines, and the Far East Championship Games -- The IOC and the Spread of Sport -- Conclusion -- 4: Sport, Development, and the Cold War -- Introduction -- The Context of Development -- Delivering Aid Through Sport in a Cold War Climate -- Sport, the State, and US Development Aid -- Sport, Aid, and the Soviet Union -- Beyond the Superpowers, Beyond the Cold War -- The Best of Intentions? 1960s Western Volunteer Service Organizations, Sport, and Development -- Conclusion -- 5: Anti-Colonialism and the Decolonization of Sport Development -- Introduction -- The Context of Development -- The Limits of Modernization -- Third World-Led Initiatives -- Anti-Colonial Initiatives in Sport -- Reframing Western Sport: The International Olympic Aid Commission (IOAC).
Resisting Western Sport: The Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) -- Reforming Western Sport: The South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SANROC) -- Reimagining Western Sport: The Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) -- Conclusion -- Part II: The Institutionalization of Sport-for-Development -- 6: The Shifting Context of Development in the Late Twentieth Century -- Introduction -- Neoliberalism -- The Critique of Neoliberalism -- Development, Human Rights, and the Liberal Order -- Social Capital and the Broadening of Development -- Civil Society and the Rise of NGOs in Development -- The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) -- Turning the Focus to Sport-for-Development -- 7: Sport-for-Development and the International Community -- Introduction -- Sport, Development, and International Organizations -- The Magglingen Conferences: Putting Sport on the International Development Agenda -- The Commonwealth -- The United Nations (UN) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) -- Opportunities and Challenges: Integrating SDP into International Organizations -- Conclusion -- 8: Sport-for-Development and the Nation-State -- Introduction -- National Sport-for-Development Interventions -- Cuba6 -- Norway -- Canada -- Opportunities and Challenges: The Lessons of National SDP Programs -- Conclusion -- 9: Athletes, NGOs, and SDP -- Introduction -- The Emergence of SDP'S Influential Actors -- The Faces of Sport-for-Development -- Mark Tewksbury -- Ann Peel -- Johan Olav Koss -- NGOs and the Involvement of Civil Society in SDP -- Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) -- Right to Play -- Southern-Led NGOs -- Opportunities and Challenges: The NGOization of Sport-for-Development -- Conclusion -- 10: Corporations, Charities, and Celebrities: SDP in the Era of Corporate Social Responsibility -- Introduction.
The New Faces of Sport-for-Development: Celebrities, Charities, and Corporations -- Charities and Celebrities -- Corporations -- Nike and the Nike Foundation -- Opportunities and Challenges: The Impact of CSR on SDP -- Conclusion -- 11: Conclusion: The Institutionalization of Sport-for-Development -- Introduction -- Sport Development to Sport-for-Development -- The Diffusion and Institutionalization of Sport-for-Good in the Twenty-First Century -- The Hegemony of SDP -- From MDGs to SDGs: A New Context for Sport-for-Development -- Conclusion -- Index -- 978-1-137-43944-4_BookFrontMatter.
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THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF SPORT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: The Long Narrative of Sport-for-Good -- 1: Introduction: Theorizing the History of Sport-for-Development -- 2: Model Men -- Introduction -- The Context of Development -- Sport and the Imperial Project -- The Beginnings of Sport's Model Men -- Tom Brown's School Days, Thomas Hughes, and the Development of Muscular Christians -- Exporting Sport -- Missionaries and Sport: Disciplining Bodies, Cultivating Christians -- Conclusion -- 3: Institutionalizing and Internationalizing Sport-for-Good -- Introduction -- The Context of Development -- Sport-for-Good in the Age of Progress -- Physical Work at Home: The YMCA in North America -- Sport, Protestantism, and American Organizations Abroad: The YMCA Goes International -- Play with a Purpose: Beyond the YMCA -- Resistance and Persistence -- Purposeful Recreation for Women and Girls -- The Persistence of Imperial Attitudes Toward Sport -- Assertions of Local Resistance -- From Rational Recreation to Organized Sport -- Elwood Brown, Sport in the Philippines, and the Far East Championship Games -- The IOC and the Spread of Sport -- Conclusion -- 4: Sport, Development, and the Cold War -- Introduction -- The Context of Development -- Delivering Aid Through Sport in a Cold War Climate -- Sport, the State, and US Development Aid -- Sport, Aid, and the Soviet Union -- Beyond the Superpowers, Beyond the Cold War -- The Best of Intentions? 1960s Western Volunteer Service Organizations, Sport, and Development -- Conclusion -- 5: Anti-Colonialism and the Decolonization of Sport Development -- Introduction -- The Context of Development -- The Limits of Modernization -- Third World-Led Initiatives -- Anti-Colonial Initiatives in Sport -- Reframing Western Sport: The International Olympic Aid Commission (IOAC).

Resisting Western Sport: The Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) -- Reforming Western Sport: The South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SANROC) -- Reimagining Western Sport: The Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) -- Conclusion -- Part II: The Institutionalization of Sport-for-Development -- 6: The Shifting Context of Development in the Late Twentieth Century -- Introduction -- Neoliberalism -- The Critique of Neoliberalism -- Development, Human Rights, and the Liberal Order -- Social Capital and the Broadening of Development -- Civil Society and the Rise of NGOs in Development -- The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) -- Turning the Focus to Sport-for-Development -- 7: Sport-for-Development and the International Community -- Introduction -- Sport, Development, and International Organizations -- The Magglingen Conferences: Putting Sport on the International Development Agenda -- The Commonwealth -- The United Nations (UN) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) -- Opportunities and Challenges: Integrating SDP into International Organizations -- Conclusion -- 8: Sport-for-Development and the Nation-State -- Introduction -- National Sport-for-Development Interventions -- Cuba6 -- Norway -- Canada -- Opportunities and Challenges: The Lessons of National SDP Programs -- Conclusion -- 9: Athletes, NGOs, and SDP -- Introduction -- The Emergence of SDP'S Influential Actors -- The Faces of Sport-for-Development -- Mark Tewksbury -- Ann Peel -- Johan Olav Koss -- NGOs and the Involvement of Civil Society in SDP -- Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) -- Right to Play -- Southern-Led NGOs -- Opportunities and Challenges: The NGOization of Sport-for-Development -- Conclusion -- 10: Corporations, Charities, and Celebrities: SDP in the Era of Corporate Social Responsibility -- Introduction.

The New Faces of Sport-for-Development: Celebrities, Charities, and Corporations -- Charities and Celebrities -- Corporations -- Nike and the Nike Foundation -- Opportunities and Challenges: The Impact of CSR on SDP -- Conclusion -- 11: Conclusion: The Institutionalization of Sport-for-Development -- Introduction -- Sport Development to Sport-for-Development -- The Diffusion and Institutionalization of Sport-for-Good in the Twenty-First Century -- The Hegemony of SDP -- From MDGs to SDGs: A New Context for Sport-for-Development -- Conclusion -- Index -- 978-1-137-43944-4_BookFrontMatter.

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