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The Politics of Sport: Community, Mobility, Identity book cover

1st Edition

The Politics of Sport Community, Mobility, Identity

Edited By Paul Gilchrist, Russell Holden Copyright 2012
152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge
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Sport is an essential part of community structure, membership and identity. Whether on the field of play, in stadia, or on the streets, sport has consistently brought together disparate individuals to share culture, values and memories. Nowadays these relationships are being rewritten through the effects of global socio-economic practices, the interventions of government, the impact of cultural... Read more

1. Introduction  Paul Gilchrist and Russell Holden

Community

2. The politics of football, ownership and fandom  John Williams and Stephen Hopkins

3. Corporation or community asset? What is a football club? Celtic, Manchester United, Barcelona and AFC Wimbledon contrasted  Sean Hamil

4. Communities of resistance: the politics of the English and Welsh canoe lobby  Andrew Church, Paul Gilchrist and Neil Ravenscroft

Mobility

5. What happens while the official looks the other way? Sports migrants and the circumvention of the state  Tom Carter

6. The sport boycott against Rhodesia reconsidered  Charles Little

7. Sport, social change and aid  Grant Jarvie

Identity

8. Transferring national allegiance: cultural affinity or flag of convenience?  David Storey and Michael Holmes

9. Second class citizens? Exploring the myths and realities of the Welsh contribution to the 2005 Ashes victory  Russell Holden

Biography

Paul Gilchrist is Research Fellow in Sport and Leisure Cultures at the University of Brighton. His research interests are in the cultural politics of sport and leisure, in particular the politics of heroism in sport. He is joint convenor of the Political Studies Association’s sport and politics specialist study group.

Russell Holden is the Founder and Director of In the Zone Sport and Politics Consultancy. His organisation offers an insight into the complexities of sport, wholeheartedly embracing the connection between sport and politics. He is also a visiting lecturer at Southampton Solent University.

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