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Sports in International Politics: Between Power and Peacebuilding

Timothy D. Sisk, University of Denver
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2025
Book, Printed Resource - xxiv, 232 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 228 gr

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Sports in International Politics: Between Power and Peacebuilding
Statement of Responsibility: Timothy D. Sisk, University of Denver
Author / Contributor: Sisk, Timothy D. (1960-) [Autor/in]
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Publication: Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2025
Media Type: Book
Carrier Type: Printed Resource
Pagination: xxiv, 232 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 228 gr
ISBN: 9781538187111; 1538187116
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  • Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures, Tables, and Illustrations; ; Introduction ; The Achilles' Heels of the Olympic Games: Power and Profit; Can sport contribute to sustainable peace?; Sport for peace: Step-by-step; ; 1. What is sport, and play, globally?; Sport and play: A sociological and psychological approach to sport; Indigenous sport, modern sport; Sport and social dynamics: Toward equality, social cohesion, and peace?; Lending legitimacy: When sport becomes politicized; Conclusion; ; 2. A facade of Peace: Sport, power, and profit in a dangerous world ; Nationalism, autocracy, and sports-washing: "War minus the shooting"; Sport diplomacy, boycotts, and banishments; Sport into the 21st century, A globalized facade of peace; Profit: Sport in globalized economies; Conclusion; ; 3
  • - Olympism: A secular religion; Olympism: Myths and myth-making; The historical institutionalism of the Olympic Games; Symbolic politics: Nationalism and sport, then and now; After Beijing 2022: Whither Olympism in a turbulent world; Conclusion; 4. The global governance of international sport; The normative foundations of international sport; Advocacy and agenda-setting; Adjudicating sport: Monitoring and accountability; Harm-free, clean sport: A Sisyphean struggle; Conclusion; 5. A long association: Sport and human rights; Human rights norms and international sport; Vision vanquished: Abuses of human rights in sport; Toward social justice: Redressing discrimination and marginalization?; "Sport for All:" Realizing access to sport as a human right; Conclusion; 6
  • - Pathways from marginalization; Causes of violence: Inequality and injustice, frustration, and extremism; Youth and deadly conflict: Breaking the intergenerational conflict trap; Sport-for-peace: The evolution of practice; A Nexus: Sport, physical and mental well-being, and sustaining peace; Conclusion; 7. Pathways to peace: Sport for strengthening social cohesion; Peacebuilding for whom? Challenges of effective practice; Sport in post-conflict contexts; Sport for community-level resilience; Sport, inclusive nationalism, and social cohesion; Conclusion; Step-by-step: Sport, peacebuilding, and the future of peace; Confronting power: Beware of sport evangelism; People before profit: Realizing a rights-based sport regime; Advancing sport's contribution to sustaining peace; ; Bibliography; Index
  • RVK (Regensburger Verbundklassifikation): MK 1900
  • RVK (Regensburger Verbundklassifikation): ZX 5022
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • hbz Verbund-ID: HT030749019
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