1st Edition

Sport and Protest Global Perspectives

Edited By Cathal Kilcline Copyright 2018
146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

Sporting mega-events habitually spawn protests from local groups discommoded by the building of new infrastructure, environmental lobbies contesting the long-term legacies of such events, and expressions of outrage at the expenditure of public funds on events often restricted to an elite selection of participants and spectators. Are these protest movements ever successful in preventing sporting... Read more

1. Sport and Protest: Global Perspectives Cathal Kilcline 2. Protest, Activism, and the Olympic Games: An Overview of Key Issues and Iconic Moments Jules Boykoff 3. Olympic Ideals and the Limitations of Liberal Protest Helen Jefferson Lenskyj 4. IRF Off: Connacht’s Fight for Survival and the Foundation Myth of a Rugby Identity Ruadhán Cooke and Éamon Ó Cofaigh 5. The Gaelic Athletic Association and the 1981 H-Block Hunger Strike Mark Reynolds 6. Nicolas Anelka and the Quenelle Gesture: A Study of the Complexities of Protest in Contemporary Football Jonathan Ervine 7. Loss, Protest, and Heritage: Liverpool FC and Hillsborough Mike Cronin 8. Don’t Play Ball with South Africa: The United States, the Anti-Apartheid Movement, and the Davis Cup Protests Eric J. Morgan

Biography

Cathal Kilcline’s research, which focuses primarily on sport, globalization and migration in contemporary France, has been funded by the EU Commission (Marie Sklodowska-Curie programme) and Irish Research Council through a Postdoctoral Mobility Fellowship, held at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and NUI Galway. Recent sports-themed publications include special issues of French Cultural Studies (2014) and Contemporary French Civilization (2014) and a monograph on Sport and Society in Global France with Liverpool University Press. The current project on sport and protest movements was initiated at conference held at NUI Galway that was supported by the French and Swiss embassies in Ireland.