Sports Governance, Development and Corporate Responsibility

Sports Governance, Development and Corporate Responsibility
ISBN-10
1136256202
ISBN-13
9781136256202
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2012-10-12
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Christiane Timmerman, Barbara Segaert, Marc Theeboom

Description

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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