"For Levermore and Budd it is “the ability to cross over between the local, national and international on the one hand, and to connect the mass and the elite on the other, that makes sport such an important phenomena.” In this collection, they present seven papers examining select issues arising out of the inter-connections between sport and international relations, including sport’s role in constructing the inter-state worldview; sport and capitalism; sport, gender and international relations; British sport and national prestige; building an international regime to combat doping in sport; British diplomacy and the Olympic movement; and the governance and political economy of world football (soccer)." --Reference & Research Book News

• Acknowledgements, Notes on Contributors, Series Editor’s Foreword, Prologue by Christopher Hill, Introduction: Sport and international relations: Continued neglect?, 1 Sport’s role in constructing the ‘inter-state’ worldview, 2 Sport and capitalism, 3 Sport, gender and international relations, 4 Building an international regime to combat doping in sport, 5 ‘The most effective means of communication in the modern world’?: British sport and national prestige, 6 A changing discourse? British diplomacy and the Olympic movement, 7 Moving the goalposts: The governance and political economy of world football, Epilogue by Rogan Taylor, Notes, Index

"For Levermore and Budd it is “the ability to cross over between the local, national and international on the one hand, and to connect the mass and the elite on the other, that makes sport such an important phenomena.” In this collection, they present seven papers examining select issues arising out of the inter-connections between sport and international relations, including sport’s role in constructing the inter-state worldview; sport and capitalism; sport, gender and international relations; British sport and national prestige; building an international regime to combat doping in sport; British diplomacy and the Olympic movement; and the governance and political economy of world football (soccer)." --Reference & Research Book News

• Acknowledgements, Notes on Contributors, Series Editor’s Foreword, Prologue by Christopher Hill, Introduction: Sport and international relations: Continued neglect?, 1 Sport’s role in constructing the ‘inter-state’ worldview, 2 Sport and capitalism, 3 Sport, gender and international relations, 4 Building an international regime to combat doping in sport, 5 ‘The most effective means of communication in the modern world’?: British sport and national prestige, 6 A changing discourse? British diplomacy and the Olympic movement, 7 Moving the goalposts: The governance and political economy of world football, Epilogue by Rogan Taylor, Notes, Index

"For Levermore and Budd it is “the ability to cross over between the local, national and international on the one hand, and to connect the mass and the elite on the other, that makes sport such an important phenomena.” In this collection, they present seven papers examining select issues arising out of the inter-connections between sport and international relations, including sport’s role in constructing the inter-state worldview; sport and capitalism; sport, gender and international relations; British sport and national prestige; building an international regime to combat doping in sport; British diplomacy and the Olympic movement; and the governance and political economy of world football (soccer)." --Reference & Research Book News

• Acknowledgements, Notes on Contributors, Series Editor’s Foreword, Prologue by Christopher Hill, Introduction: Sport and international relations: Continued neglect?, 1 Sport’s role in constructing the ‘inter-state’ worldview, 2 Sport and capitalism, 3 Sport, gender and international relations, 4 Building an international regime to combat doping in sport, 5 ‘The most effective means of communication in the modern world’?: British sport and national prestige, 6 A changing discourse? British diplomacy and the Olympic movement, 7 Moving the goalposts: The governance and political economy of world football, Epilogue by Rogan Taylor, Notes, Index