Sports governance, development and corporate responsibility / edited by Barbara Segaert ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Segaert, Barbara.

Series:

Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 16.

Routledge research in sport, culture and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports administration.

Sports--Social aspects.

Sports.

Sports and state.

Physical Description:

xvi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

"The call for sport organizations and organizers to take up social responsibilities is reflected in a wide variety of sport-related practices. This book critically examines sport-related social interventions in different cultural settings, such as promoting local community-building by sport. Social constructions of peace, integration and managing diversity are studied from the perspective of sport and play, and the power position of global sport organizations with corporate features is discussed from the perspectives of good governance, legal issues and fair trade. Referring to Foucaults concept of biopolitics, this book contributes to the discussion on the rising power position and the social responsibilities of sports and sport organizations. It is a valuable contribution to the understanding of interconnections between sport and society for students in sociology, policy and politics of sport, for sport leaders, and for policy and decision-makers in sport"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Building Communities and Social Responsibility-Rising Stakes on Sport's Social Role

1 Sport and Peace Making-Initial Promises, Social Scientific Issues and Practical Challenges / Richard Giulianotti Giulianotti, Richard 3

2 In Africa for FIFA & Sons / Cora Burnett Burnett, Cora 17

3 Constructing Peace and Fostering Social Integration: Sport and Play in Azerbaijan / Joel Rookwood Rookwood, Joel 30

4 Sport Plus and Socially Vulnerable Youth-Opening the Black Box / Reinhard Haudenhuyse Haudenhuyse, Reinhard, Marc Theeboom Theeboom, Marc 44

5 'We Are a Very, Very Homogenous Group'-Promoting and Managing Social Diversity in Sports? / Bettina Rulofs Rulofs, Bettina 62

6 Discourses on Integration and Interaction in a Martial Arts Club / Lian Malai Madsen Madsen, Lian Malai 74

7 What Is the Development in Sport-for-Development? / Fred Coalter Coalter, Fred 88

Part II Spor. Corporations at Play: Doing Business in Sports-Who's Added Value?

8 Sports Governance-Between the Obsession with Rules and Regulation and the Aversion to Being Ruled and Regulated / Hans Bruyninckx Bruyninckx, Hans 107

9 The Magicians of Sport-How the Greatest Corruption Scandal in the World of Sport Vanished Before We Knew It Existed / Jens Sejer Andersen Andersen, Jens Sejer 122

10 A Governance Perspective on Sport Mega-Events-The 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa as a Lubricant in Domestic and International Affairs? / Bert Meulders Meulders, Bert, Bart Vanreusel Vanreusel, Bart, Hans Bruyninckx Marion Keim Keim, Hans Bruyninckx Marion, André Travill Travill, André 135

11 Popular Deception by IOC and FIFA / Stefan Késenne Késenne, Stefan 150

12 Football Academies and Player Migration in Developing Countries / Jeroen Schokkaert Schokkaert, Jeroen, Johan F. M. Swinnen Swinnen, Johan F. M., Thijs Vandemoortele Vandemoortele, Thijs 156

13 Rules of Law in the Business of Sport / Frank Hendrickx Hendrickx, Frank 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415522496

0415522498

OCLC:

758394625