In examining race in sport, this book is an essential contribution to debates about sports policy, the role of sport in society, and the globalization/localization of sports policies. In particular, it maps out local, national and international responses within sport to racism, and initiatives within sport to tackle racism in and through sport. The unifying concept through the chapters is a political and intellectual commitment to a critically realist position on racism. This collection, including an international line-up of contributors, assesses anti-racism strategies in the context of practices, policies and challenges. Combining empirical research with more theoretically-framed understandings of policies about and towards racism, this book is more than a set of case studies of different experiences: its goal is to map the dimensions of the challenge to racism in and through sport.
| ISBN | 0230236154 | | Pages | 304 | | ISBN13 | 9780230236158
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 488 | | Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan | | Published in | Basingstoke | | Imprint | Palgrave Macmillan | | Series title | Global Culture and Sport Series | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 222 | | Publication date | 17 Nov 2010 | | Width (mm) | 144 | | DEWEY | 306.483089 | | Spine width (mm) | 21 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education |
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Foreword by Lord Herman Ouseley Introduction: Positioning Anti-Racism in Sport and Sport in Anti-Racism; J.Long & K.Spracklen Thinking 'Race' and Ethnicity in (Dutch) Sports Policy and Research; J.van Sterkenburg PART I: PRACTICES 'In This Shrinking World': 'Race', the Olympics and the Wind of Change; S.Wagg The Post-Apartheid Scenario in South Africa; S.Ramsamy Using Charters and Standards to Promote Anti-Racism in Sport; K.Spracklen & J.Long 'What I said was racist - but I'm not a racist': Anti-Racism and the White Sports/Media Complex; B.Carrington Race Matters In Australian Sport; C.Tatz PART II: IDENTITIES Natural Born Athletes? Australian Aboriginal People and the Double-edged Lure of Professional Sport; D.Adair & M.Stronach Just a Dream? Structure, Power, and Agency in Basketball; S.N.Brooks Global Integration in the Nation: The Emergence of Non-white Athletes and Antiracist Initiatives in Norwegian Elite Sport; M.Andersson Gender and Cultural Diversity in Australian Sport; C.Foley, T.Taylor & H.Maxwell PART III: CHALLENGES Marching Altogether? Football Fans Taking a Stand Against Racism; P.Thomas It's Not as Simple as Black and White: Challenging Racism in Professional Football through Locally Grounded Multi-agency Collaboration; S.Bradbury Does Diversity in Sport Reduce Racial Prejudice?; G.B.Cunningham Too Radical? Critical Race Theory and Sport Against Racism in Ireland; K.Hylton So What Has Changed (and What has to Change)?; J.Long & K.Spracklen Bibliography
'Captivating.' - Sport, Education and Society 'The collection does,a good job of highlighting the main policy and theoretical struggles in the field and would make for a fine reader, a good 'benchmark' piece for reference as the field expands, as well as a launch point for further inquiry into the nuances of theoretical and substantive positions adopted and advocated in the book.' - Leisure/Loisir
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