1st Edition

Sport, Politics and the Charity Industry Running for Water

By Kyle Bunds Copyright 2018
180 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

Sport is commonly used by charities and philanthropic organisations as a way of acquiring donors and fundraisers. In this ground-breaking study, Kyle Bunds examines the nexus of sport, politics and the charity industry through an investigation of water development agencies that raise funds in the developed world to build water systems in the developing world. Using innovative auto-ethnographic... Read more

Preface

1. The Political Economy of Water

2. The Rise of Water Charities

3. As Volunteer: Understanding Participant Attachment to Water Charity

4. As Trainee: Running My Way to Answers?

5. As Participant: Organizing Aid Events

6. As Producer: Representing People in Need

7. Global North Meets Global South in Ethiopia

8. Conclusion

Biography

Kyle Bunds is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management at North Carolina State University, USA. His research and teaching examines the connection between sport and the environment generally, and sport, water, and air pollution more specifically. His work, which is primarily grounded in political economic theory, has been published in numerous academic journals, including Sport Management Review; European Sport Management Quarterly; Sport in Society; Critical Studies in Media Communication; Communication, Culture, and Critique; Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies; Water Resources: IMPACT and the Journal of Sport Management. In addition to his scholarship, Kyle has also guest edited a special issue on political economics for the Journal of Amateur Sport