Sport for Development and Peace

Simon Darnell is with the Department of International Development Studies, Dalhousie University.

Darnell delivers a deep and varied analysis of the ways in which contemporary sport meshes with principles of sociology and international development. The book provides a theoretically and empirically rich account of SFD [sport-for-development] critique, yet at the same time it is an endorsement of SFD significance…Sport for Development and Peace: A Critical Sociology is a powerful addition to the growing literature on SFD, particularly as to date there has been very little critical sociological exploration by academia. Due to its depth and academic rigour, the book is undoubtedly useful across a variety of disciplines, including sports studies, management, cultural studies, sociology, international relations and development studies. The author should be congratulated for the depth of information provided and the boldness to present readers with critical insights into a burgeoning area in which established beliefs, assumptions and assessments often remain superficial and/or imbalanced.

• Sport and International Development: A Critical SociologySimon C. Darnell, PhD.Introduction - Situating sport-for-development and the SDP movement Connecting ‘Sport' to ‘International Development'1. Sport-for-Development: Historical and Political Context2. Sport for Development and Peace (SDP): terms and tenets3. Stakeholders4. A Theoretical Approach to SDP5. Methodology6. Paradoxes of development and paradoxes of sport for development7. SDP: A New Social Movement?8. Overview of the BookChapter 1 - Sport Sociology and the SDP movement 1. Introduction2. Hegemony theory and the Sociology of Sport3. Foucauldian theories of power and sport4. Neo-Marxist Discourse 5. Sport and the Post-colonial6. Sport and/as Human Rights7. Conclusions: Implications for sport in development Chapter 2 - International Development Studies and SDP: syntheses and opportunities 1. Introduction2. A Short History of Development Practice and Theory3. The Political Economy of Development Inequality4. Culture, Development and SDP in the post-colonial5. Development as Struggle6. ConclusionChapter 3 - The SDP intern/volunteer experience 1. Introduction2. Subjectivities in Development and SDP3. Interns' experiences4. ConclusionsChapter 4 - SDP, development theory, and policy & politics 2. Major Issues2.1 First World/Third World2.2 Modernization residue2.3 Relations of power2.4 Sustainability2.5 Monitoring and Evaluation3. The Political Orientation of SDPChapter 5 - Sport, international development and mega-events 1. Introduction2. The Socio-Political Economy of Sports mega-events3. The Development Agenda of Sports Mega-events in the South4. Three theses for understanding sports mega-events in/as development5. Sports mega-events: Possibilities and Limitations6. Future Research7. ConclusionChapter 6 - Sport and international development: investigating sporting celebrity 1. Introduction2. Celebrity, Development, Sport: Possibilities and Pitfalls 3. Sporting Celebrity in SDP: Insights from the Field3.1 Drawing attention to development3.2 Raising capital3.3 Sport organizations and philanthropy3.4 Role modelling -3.5 Celebrity Athletes and the Politics of Change4. Conclusion: Critical ConsiderationsChapter 7 - Conclusion: Critical praxis and pedagogy in SDP1. Introduction2. Summary of arguments3. A Sociological Vigilance in SDP4. Critical Praxis5. Critical Pedagogy6. Final thoughts