Introduction: Sport, Social Development and Peace: Acknowledging Potential, Respecting Balance

Book review: Beyond Sport for Development and Peace: Transnational Perspectives on Theory, Policy and Practice

“…Furthermore, by engaging with "the event" (as a philosophical notion) Farred offers a way of understanding issues tied to racism, xenophobia, and colonialism in a transnational context through what is often thought of as the apolitical domain of sport, while making it clear that sport is anything but. Schulenkorf and Adair, 2013;Young and Okada, 2014). The book brings together a myriad of inter-disciplinary approaches.…”

“…In their edited text, Beyond Sport for Development and Peace: Transnational Perspectives on Theory, Policy and Practice , Lyndsay Hayhurst, Tess Kay, and Megan Chawansky add to an emergent set of comprehensive research monographs and anthologies of sport and international development (Darnell, 2012; Levermore and Beacom, 2009; Schulenkorf and Adair, 2013; Young and Okada, 2014). The book brings together a myriad of inter-disciplinary approaches.…”