图书简介 馆藏图书馆

Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One Introduction to the Study of Sport, Sociology, and Peace; 1 Critiquing Sport, Transforming Sport: An Introduction to the Study of Sport, Sociology, and Peace; Introduction; Critiquing Sport, Transforming Sport; Linking Sport and Peace; ’Sport’ and ’Peace’ as Floating Signifiers; This Book; Addressing Social Inequality: The Underlying Theme; My Background and this Book; A Warning and an Opportunity; 2 Theory, Sport, and Peace: Tools and Lenses for Seeing Sport ’in Context’; Introduction; Different Lenses, Different Interpretations; This Chapter; Seeing Sport ’Up-Close’ and ’In Context’: Race for the Cure and Why Theory Is Important; The Questions We Ask; Functionalism and Critics; Sport, Cultural Studies, and Hegemony; Hegemony, Its Critics, and Why It Is Still Useful; An Underlying Problem and a Way Forward; Critical Theories and Contextual Cultural Studies; Making a Difference In and Through Sport; Part Two Exploring the ’New and Old’ Politics of Sport and Peace; 3 Sport, Diplomacy, and Nationalism; Introduction; A Story about Sport, Sociology, and Politics; Introducing and Contesting ’the Nation’; Sport and Nation-Building in Divided Societies; Reflecting on Sport, Unity, and Community; Sport, Nationalism, and International Diplomacy; ’Public Diplomacy’ and ’Serious Diplomacy’; Reflections on Sport, Diplomacy, and the Nation; 4 Sport, Global Politics, and Peace; Introduction; Sport and Politics; The Decline of the Nation: Setting the Stage for Neoliberalism and Intensified Globalization; The Neoliberal Response; Sociology of Sport and a Critique of Neoliberalism; Globalization and the Sociology of Sport; So What is Globalization?; Concerns and Debates about Sport-Related Globalization; Glocalization’ and Corporate Nationalism; Globalization, Peace, and Democracy: Contemplating the Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention; Reflections on Theory; Other Understandings of Globalization: Looking Ahead; Part Three Peace Activism, Peace Education, and a Sporting Praxis; 5 Pursuing Peace ’From Below’: Sport, Social Movements, and (Ironic) Activism; Introduction; Sport and Social Movements: Background; But What Is Activism, and What Are Social Movements?; Different Perspectives on Sport and Social Movements; ’Pre-Political’ Resistance and Symbolic Resistance: Social Movements and Sport-Related Subcultures; Alter-Globalization, and Sport; Post-Politics?: Life Politics, Lifestyle Politics, and Sport; The Success of Movements: Political Opportunity and Resource Mobilization; Do Movements Matter?: Hegemony, Ironic Activism, and Reflections on Theory; Looking Ahead; 6 Pursuing Praxis: Peace Education, Critical Pedagogy, and the Sociology of Sport; Introduction; Conscientization, Praxis, and the Sociology of Sport; So What Is Peace Education?; Sport, Cultural Studies, and Critical Pedagogy; Some Sport-Related Critical Pedagogical Practices; Low Income Women, Recreation, and ’Feminist Participatory Action Research’ (FPAR); Functionalism, Prevention, and a Sociological Imagination?: Exploring Sport Programmes Designed to Support Underserved Youth; An Extended Case Study of ’Theory Meeting Practice’: The Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Programme; Using Theory to Link MVP with Other Strategies for Change: Sport Media and Anti-Violence Education; A Pro-Feminist Media Education Programme; Evaluating Change; Conclusion; Part Four Key Topics and Pressing Concerns; 7 Reflections on Intervention and Imperialism in the Sport for Development and Peace Industry; Introduction; Exploring Tensions around Sport and International Development; Sport-in-International Development: What It Looks Like and What It Is; Defining ’International Development’; ’In the Field’ With Sport for Development and Peace NGOs: Connecting Theory and Practice; The Power of Sport?: Guiding Principles in the Sport of Development and Peace Movement; Social Capital and the Mathare Youth Sports Association; Reflections on Theory and Practice around MYSA; Football for Peace: A Sociological Imagination and a ’Sport for Peace’ Intervention; Remaining Cautious about SDP Work; Conclusion; 8 Sport, the Environment, and Peace: Debates and Myths about ’Carbon Neutral’ Sport; Introduction; Exploring Controversies around Sport and the Environment; This Chapter; Sport, Recreation, Environmental Issues, and Peace: An Introduction; The Sociology of Sport and Environmental Issues; Modernism, Sport, and Perspectives on the ’Human and Non-Human’ Relationship; Sustainability and the ’Ecological Modernist’ Response; What’s Wrong with Ecological Modernization?; Sport, the Environment, and Neoliberalism; A Closer Look at Ecological Modernization and Sport: The Case of ’Carbon Neutral’ Sport Events; Too Good to be Green?; Reflections on Sport, the Environment, Power, and Privilege; 9 Towards a ’Sport for Peace Journalism’?: Problems and Possibilities in Sport Media; Introduction; Sport Media, Peace and Conflict: Themes in the Sociology of Sport; What Are the Implications of Sport-War Connections?; Violence is Normalized; Nuanced Sport Media: Some Reflections, Warnings, and a Way Forward; Explaining the ’Dominant Frame’ and Some Concerns about ’Propaganda’ Models; Is a ’Sport-for-Peace Journalism’ Possible?; Conclusion; Part Five Conclusion; 10 Conclusion: Six Summary Arguments and a ’Minor Utopian’ Vision; Themes in Sport, Sociology, and Peace: A Set of Concluding Arguments; And Where Do We Go From Here?: Reflections on Social Change and Strategies to Achieve It; Final Thoughts: Imagining and Pursuing ’Minor Utopias’ and ’Structural Renewal’ in and around Sport; References; Index

Trade Policy 买家须知