Managing Sport for Development and Peace: An Introduction

Abstract

This paper introduces the journal special issue, which is devoted to managerial and organizational issues in the global field of “Sport for Development and Peace” (SDP). SDP encompasses the large and rapidly growing global domain in which sports, games and physical activities are used to pursue diverse non-sporting social goals. There are now many hundreds of organizations which operate across the SDP sector, including diverse non-governmental organizations, sport clubs and federations, governmental organizations and agencies, and private businesses and donors. This introductory chapter is organized into three main parts. We begin by setting out the defining features and main aspects of SDP. Then we turn to discuss key managerial levels and issues for SDP organizations, noting the importance of social capital and sustainability. Finally, we introduce the five papers that comprise the journal special issue.

推进“体育促进发展与和平”国际运动

本文是介绍“体育促进发展与和平”运动在全球范围内管理和组织的特刊。“体育促进发展与和平”国际运动（SDP）涵盖了庞大且迅速发展的全球范围, 在此范围内, 为实现各种非体育性社会目标, 进行相应的运动、游戏和体育活动。现在, SDP之下有数百个团体组织, 其中包括各种非政府组织, 体育俱乐部和联合会, 政府组织和机构, 以及一些私营企业和个人捐助者。此介绍性章节有三个主要部分：第一部分, 列出SDP的决定性特征和主要方面；第二部分, 讨论“体育促进发展与和平”国际运动组织的关键管理层面和问题, 同时指出社会资本和可持续性的重要性；第三部分, 具体介绍该特刊中的五篇论文。

Keywords:

• Management
• organizations
• sport
• development
• peace

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Notes

1 To gain insight into the non-sport social focus and the transnational reach of SDP, see for example Coalter (2013), Collison et al. (2019), and Schulenkorf and Adair (2014).

2 See Giulianotti (2011), Herasimovich and Alzua-Sorzabal (2020), Lindsey & Banda (2011).

3 See Vincent (2006) on this issue in the wider development sector.

4 See Giulianotti et al. (2016); contrast this with Straume and Hasselgård (2014).

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Notes on contributors

Richard Giulianotti

Richard Giulianotti (PhD, University of Aberdeen, UK) is Professor of Sociology in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University, UK; and, Professor II in the Department of Sport, Physical Education and Outdoor Life, University of South-Eastern Norway. His research interests include sport for development and peace (SDP), sport mega-events, globalization and sport, and sport cultures and subcultures. He is the (co-)author of five books, and the (co-)editor of many books including the ‘Routledge Handbook of Sport for Development and Peace’; recently, he was also principal investigator on two major research projects, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, which focused on the SDP sector.

Holly Collison

Holly Collison (Ph.D., Brunel University, U.K.) is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute for Sport Business at Loughborough University London in the UK. Her research interests include sport for development and peace [SDP], social anthropology and sport, the prevention of violent extremism and radicalisation through sport, and the utility of sport to disrupt cultures of violence. Holly was the lead author of the UNODC technical guide on ‘Preventing Violent Extremism through Sport’, a co-editor of the ‘Routledge Handbook of Sport for Development and Peace’, and has published in a variety of journals such as Sport and Society and the Journal of Sport and Social Issues.

Hans Hognestad

Hans K Hognestad (Ph.D. Norwegian School of Sport Sciences) is a professor of sport studies at the Department of Outdoor-Life, Sport and Physical Education, University of South-Eastern Norway. His research interests include sport and globalization, identities in sport, audiences in sport, sport architecture, sport and development. His work has been published in a number of international journals such as Soccer & Society, Journal of Global Sport Management and Journal of Sport and Social Issues.