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Sports Governance, Development and Corporate Responsibility

Barbara Segaert Marc Theeboom Christiane Timmerman Bart Vanreusel

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English
Routledge
06 June 2012
The call for sport organizations and organizers to take up social responsibilities is reflected in a wide variety of sport-related practices. This book critically examines sport-related social interventions in different cultural settings, such as promoting local community-building by sport. Social constructions of peace, integration and managing diversity are studied from the perspective of sport and play, and the power position of global sport organizations with corporate features is discussed from the perspectives of good governance, legal issues and fair trade. Referring to Foucault’s concept of biopolitics, this book contributes to the discussion on the rising power position and the social responsibilities of sports and sport organizations. It is a valuable contribution to the understanding of interconnections between sport and society for students in sociology, policy and politics of sport, for sport leaders, and for policy and decision-makers in sport.

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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Volume:   16
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   570g
ISBN:   9780415522496
ISBN 10:   0415522498
Series:   Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Pages:   207
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary ,  A / AS level
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Barbara Segaert holds an MA in Oriental Studies, Islamic Studies and Arab Philology (KU Leuven, Belgium) and an MA in the Social Sciences (Open University, UK). Marc Theeboom is professor and vice-dean at the Faculty of Physical Edu[1]cation and Physiotherapy and the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and chairs the Sports Policy and Management Department. Christiane Timmerman holds an MA in Psychology and a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Bart Vanreusel is professor in Sport Sociology and head of the Department of Human Kinesiology at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium.

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