Routledge Handbook of Sports Diplomacy

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This is the first book to explore the full breadth and depth of the emerging discipline of sports diplomacy. Rooted in a definition of ‘diplomacy’ that focuses on negotiation, representation and communication, this book examines the increasingly important role that sport plays in the diplomatic practices of international relations, and the part played by an increasing range of key actors... Read more

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Biography

J. Simon Rofe is a world leading expert in Sports Diplomacy, and Professor of Sports Diplomacy and Management in the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University, UK, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Sports Humanities, UK, and the Independent Expert Advisor to the UK Government’s Sports Diplomacy Working Group.

Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff is a Clinical Assistant Professor at New York University’s Tisch Institute for Global Sport, USA, where she teaches sports diplomacy.

Thierry Zintz is an Emeritus Professor of Sports Organisations Management in the Faculty of Sports Sciences at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium. He was the Dean of the Faculty between 2010 and 2016.

Richard Parrish is a Professor of Sports Law in the School of Law and Criminal Justice at Edge Hill University, UK, where he is also the Director of the University’s Centre for Sports Law Research.

Haresh Deol is a multi-award-winning journalist. He has been in the media industry since 2000 and is the Co-founder and Editor of the Kuala Lumpur-based news organisation
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Critics' Reviews

“The power of sport to change the world, so powerfully expressed by Nelson Mandela, is something I have been privileged to witness first-hand as both an athlete and a sports administrator. Stepping out into an Olympic stadium behind your national flag, surrounded by fellow athletes from across the globe, ready to take on enormous physical and emotional challenges together, you cannot help but marvel at the way in which sport can unify and inspire. Having moved from the boat to the boardroom, I continue to work with governments and industries to ensure sport's unique power is utilised for the greater benefit of society. Sporting institutions have often succeeded in breaking down boundaries where traditional forms of diplomacy have failed, and it is instances of this phenomenon that this book explores. Across case studies and the latest academic literature, this work investigates the role of sports diplomacy, providing those in the field with the knowledge to truly appreciate this important topic.” - Dame Katherine Grainger, OLY, BOA Chair

“Sports diplomacy has come of age. For more than a decade, the practice of sports diplomacy - in foreign affairs ministries, sports federations, on the ground and beyond - has sought a definitive anchor. With the Routledge Handbook of Sports Diplomacy, Doel, Krasnoff, Payne, Rofe and Zintz have delivered it. The volume’s strength lies in its architecture. Section I sharpens the conceptual frame, engaging governance, environment, gender, human rights, grassroots practice, and the IOC’s reckoning with the war in Ukraine. Section II grounds those discourses in practice, from Paris 2024 and the Paralympic movement to media, military sport, partnerships, and EU policy. Section III then ranges across a genuinely global landscape — cricket, the Commonwealth, the Maccabiah Games, Africa, Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans, and the long shadow of Bosman to Superleague. What distinguishes the Handbook is its deliberate move beyond the Western, state-centric default that has often constrained the field. The editors have curated an ecology of voices - practitioners, scholars, and emerging thinkers - that mirrors the evolving ecology of sports diplomacy itself. For policymakers, sport leaders, scholars and students alike, this is now an indispensable reference. A landmark contribution that both consolidates the field and sets its agenda.” - Gavin Price, Founder Sports Diplomacy Unwrapped/Director Sports Diplomacy Alliance

Routledge Handbook of Sports Diplomacy

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