1st Edition
Sport in Underdeveloped and Conflict Regions
Introduction: Sport in under-resourced, underdeveloped, and conflict regions: an introduction
William V. Massey, Meredith A. Whitley and Simon C. Darnell
1. The methodological dance: critical reflections on conducting a cross-cultural comparative research project on ‘Sport for Development and Peace’
Holly Collison, Richard Giulianotti, P. D. Howe and Simon Darnell
2. Sport for development and peace: a call for transnational, multi-sited, postcolonial feminist research
Lyndsay M.C. Hayhurst
3. Football as a terrain of hope and struggle: beginning a dialogue on social change, hope and building a better world through sport
Shawn D. Forde and Ayanda Kota
4. Engaging the field through retrospective methods: a Cambodian story
Kevin Young and Chiaki Okada
5. Getting lost as a way of knowing: the art of boxing within Shape Your Life
Cathy van Ingen
6. The role of sport for youth amidst trauma and chaos
William V. Massey and Meredith A. Whitley
7. ‘I’m proud of what I achieved; I’m also ashamed of what I done’: a soccer coach’s tale of sport, status, and criminal behaviour
Daryl Cowan and Ian M. Taylor
8. Sport as a tool for development and peace: tackling insecurity and violence in the urban settlement Cazuca´, Soacha, Colombia
Lenka Sobotová, Simona Šafaříková, & María Alejandra González Martínez
9. Contextual and individual factors influencing the implementation effectiveness of sport for development and peace programmes: a comparative case study of conflict relief in Lebanon and Ukraine
Alicia H. Malnati, Carolyn R. Spellings, Janine A. Al-Aseer, Ashleigh M. Huffman, Paula Korsakas and Sarah J. Hillyer
10. ‘Look at what we can do with all the broken stuff!’ Youth agency and sporting creativity in sites of war, conflict and disaster
Holly Thorpe
11. Changing methods and methods of change: reflections on qualitative research in Sport for Development and Peace
Simon C. Darnell, Meredith A. Whitley and William V. Massey
Biography
Meredith A. Whitley, PhD is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Sport-Based Youth Development at Adelphi University, USA. Her research explores the complex and multi-faceted roles of sport and sport for development programs in the lives of youth from under-resourced communities, along with the interrelated systems impacting youth and community development.
William V. Massey, PhD is an assistant professor in the College of Public Health at Oregon State University, USA. His research focuses on the role of sport, play, and physical activity on various markers of youth development, with a focus on traumatized youth and youth from under-resourced communities.
Simon C. Darnell, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto, Canada. His research focuses on the relationships between sport, international development and peace building efforts, the development implications of sports mega-events, and the place of social activism in the culture of sport.
Brett Smith, PhD, is Professor and Head of Research within the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK. His research focuses on disability and the development of qualitative research. He is co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise.
