The Olympic Movement and the Sport of Peacemaking (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Spaaij, Ramón; Burleson, Cindy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book critically examines the ways in which sport and peacekeeping, through the Olympic Games, are being played out at global, national and local levels.

It was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134904983
• Artikelnr.: 57006891

Autorenporträt

Ramón Spaaij is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Australia, and Visiting Professor at the Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Cindy Burleson is Chair of The International Sibling Society, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Olympic rings of peace? The Olympic movement, peacemaking and
intercultural understanding Ramón Spaaij Part I: Philosophical and
historical foundations 2. The power of sport in peacemaking and
peacekeeping Jim Parry 3. Pierre de Coubertin's vision of the role of sport
in peaceful internationalism Irena Martínková 4. The ancient Olympic Truce
in modern-day peacekeeping: revisiting Ekecheiria Cindy Burleson Part II:
Global politics and international relations 5. An overlooked path to peace
and stability: sport, the state, and the case of the Koreas Darin H. Van
Tassell and Dené A. Terry 6. Transforming an international organization:
norm confusion and the International Olympic Committee Dan Bousfield and
Jean Michel Montsion 7. More than just Games: the global politics of the
Olympic movement Liam Stockdale Part III: Development and peace legacies
8. The Paralympic Games as a force for peaceful coexistence Ian Brittain
9. Olympism in Action, Olympic hosting and the politics of 'sport for
development and peace': investigating the promises of Rio 2016 Simon
Darnell 10. Accounting for legacy: monitoring and evaluation in sport in
development relationships Tess Kay 11. Epilogue: London 2012 and beyond:
concluding reflections on peacemaking, sport and the Olympic movement
Ramón Spaaij and Cindy Burleson