Playing for change : the continuing struggle for sport and recreation / edited by Russell Field.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Field, Russell, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports.

Sports--Social aspects.

Sports--Canada.

Canada.

Physical Description:

ix, 467 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2015]

Contents:

Part 1 Global Promises: The Contested Terrain of International Sport

1 Sport, Development, and the Challenge of Slums / Richard Gruneau Gruneau, Richard 33

2 The New "Culture Wars": The Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Public Protest, and the Politics of Resistance / Russell Field Field, Russell 67

3 Sochi 2014: The Russian Oligarchy and Winter Games Funding / Hart Cantelon Cantelon, Hart, James Riordan Riordan, James 94

4 The Dialectic of Modern, High-Performance Sport: Returning to the Dubin Inquiry to Move Forward / Rob Beamish Beamish, Rob 119

Part 2 Continental Divides: Revisiting the Shaping of Sport in North America

5 The 1904 Chicago-St Louis Transition and the Social Structuration of the American Olympic Movement / John J. Macaloon Macaloon, John J. 151

6 Two-Way Hockey: Selling Canada's Game in North America, 1875-1935 / Stephen Hardy Hardy, Stephen 198

7 Continentalization and America's Contested Baseball Hegemony: The Post-War Challenge to Major League Baseball in Mexico, Quebec, and the Caribbean, 1945-55 / Colin Howell Howell, Colin 229

Part 3 Local Contours: Debating Access to Physical Activity in Canadian Communities

8 Change Rooms and Change Agents: The Struggle against Barriers to Opportunities for Physical Activity and Sport in Ethnocultural Communities in Toronto / Parissa Safai Safai, Parissa 253

9 Political Ecology, Discourse, and Shared-Use Trail Development in Nova Scotia: Braking for or Breaking the Environment? / Robert Pitter Pitter, Robert, Glyn Bissix Bissix, Glyn 274

10 Intertwining Histories, Enhancing Strengths: Sport and Recreation Services in the Northwest Territories, 1962-2000 / Victoria Paraschak Paraschak, Victoria 299

Part 4 Shifting Ground: Reconsidering the Role of the Public Intellectual in Sport

11 "Can You Do This for My Neighbourhood?": Public Sport History, the Environment, and Community in an Industrial City / Nancy B. Bouchier Bouchier, Nancy B., Ken Cruikshank Cruikshank, Ken 333

12 Where History Meets Biography: Towards a Public Sociology of Sport / Peter Donnelly Donnelly, Peter, Michael Atkinson Atkinson, Michael 363

13 Shadow Disciplines, or a Place for Post-Disciplinary Liaisons in the North American Research University: What Are We to Do with Physical Cultural Studies? / Patricia Vertinsky Vertinsky, Patricia 389

14 Bruce Kidd, Sport History, and Social Emancipation / Douglas Booth Booth, Douglas 407.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442650053

1442650052

9781442628205

1442628200

OCLC:

907661907