Global Subjects or Objects of Globalisation? The promotion of global citizenship in organisations offering sport for development and/or peace programmes

‘Mzungu!’: implications of identity, role formation and programme delivery in the sport for development movement

“…Despite the interactive element of identity construction and the discursive relations that volunteers forged with a number of individuals associated with the programme, SDP volunteer identity was underpinned by the institutionalised hierarchies of poverty and privilege evident amongst the global North/South (Black 2010;Darnell 2011Darnell , 2012Hartmannn and Kwauk 2011;Tiessen 2011). Global hierarchies of power framed volunteer identities within the field of development, 'subjectifying' them to a predetermined role, and clearly demarcated standards and conduct of appearance deemed acceptable by the Zambian communities.…”

“…What little literature focuses upon volunteerism and volunteer identity in SDP is addressed using a critical framework. In this instance volunteer identity is discussed in terms of privileged positions of power and the (re)establishment of hegemonic relations between global North/South partners (Darnell 2011;Heron 2007;Razack 2005;Tiessen 2011). Emphasis is placed upon examining issues of structure, reflecting the dominance of the neoliberal discourse that is driving the SDP movement and shaping practices that are attributed to the social structures that underpin development and aid, sport and nationality (Darnell 2011;Tiessen 2011).…”

“…Those who consulted with previous volunteers formed expectations of an identity that was representative of the unequal power relations dictated by a neo-imperial discourse, identifying citizens in the local Zambian community as 'passive others' awaiting charitable aid from the West (Tiessen 2011), an identity that came with a somewhat elevated and privileged societal standing.…”

“…Recent work examining SDP has deployed frameworks that pursue Foucauldian notions of bio-power, Gramscian theories of hegemony and postcolonial theory to delineate a clearer appreciation of the structural negotiations that exist between sport, politics and culture, identifying the impact that such relations impose upon the articulation and delivery of policy processes located within the field of SDP (Black 2010;Darnell 2010Darnell , 2011Darnell , 2012Hartmannn and Kwauk 2011;Levermore and Beacom 2012;Hayhurst 2009;Tiessen 2011). Whilst such work provides invaluable critique for exposing the dominant power relations and structural imperatives that guide practices within SPD programmes, few studies pursue a line of examination that expose the beliefs, values and meanings through which practitioners make sense of their experiences.…”

Civil Society and the Globalisation of Locality between Latin America and Europe: Integration as a Case of Agonistic Cosmopolitics

“…As Scholte highlights, "[a]n unofficial 'new multilateralism' of civil society associations has arisen alongside the official multilateralism of global governance agencies" (2005, p. 218; see also Haynes, 2005, p. 105-106;Tiessen, 2011). Many of the issues that have taken global prominence were either taken up by such movements and networks from the perspective of locality (at community or national levels) or forced into the agenda by mobilisation and mobile and creative techniques of framing and exposure.…”