Sport and Development: The Significance of Mathare Youth Sports Association

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In the unlikely event (hat the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and the-are missing pages, there will be notai. M o , if u~utharkad copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the dektion. The author r e m ownership of the L'auteur conserve la propriété du copyright m this thesis. Neither the droit d'auteur qui protège cette thèse. thesis nor substantid extracts fiom it Ni la thèse ni des extraits substantiels may be prnited or otherwise de ce11e-ci ne doivent être imprimes reproduced without the author's ou autrement reproduits sans son permission. autorisation The basic objective of development as the expansion of human capabilities was never completely overlooked i n the modem development literature, but the focus has been rnaidy on the generation of economi*~ growth, i n the sense of expanding gross national product and rdated variables (1 995: 1 1-1 2).

The power to shape policy: charting sport for development and peace policy discourses

“…Building on the scholarly work of Willis (2000), who explored the work of the Mathare Youth Sports Association (a SDP NGO based in Nairobi, Kenya), SDP-based studies have used a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, including functionalist and instrumental perspectives (Schwery 2003, Beutler 2008; managerial, monitoring and evaluation approaches (Beacom 2007, Coalter 2007; rights-based standpoints (Giulianotti 2004, Donnelly 2008; feminist theory and gender-based approaches (Saavedra 2005); international relations and global governance theory/globalisation focused investigations (Black 2008, Maguire 2008; socio-political and peace studies (Armstrong 2004, Sugden 2006; neoliberal and social movement theory (Wilson and Hayhurst 2009); and postcolonial (feminist) theory and critical race approaches (Fabrizio-Pelak 2005, Darnell 2007, Nicholls and Giles 2007. The distinctions in this brief overview of SDP scholarship are somewhat artificial, and I argue that these perspectives function more as a palimpsest; in that each standpoint is informed by and/or builds on the other (e.g.…”

Inevitable Tensions: Swiss and Canadian Sport for Development NGO Perspectives on Partnerships with High Performance Sport

“…Secondly, the existing sport management literature, like the management literature more generally according to Hardy and Phillips (1998), focuses more on the functional aspects of partnering rather than the underlying power imbalances and tensions encountered. Thirdly, rather than examining partnerships and other managerial issues, the emerging sport for development literature addresses other important topics, such as case studies of sport development programmes (e.g., Gasser & Levinsen, 2004;Willis, 2000), its role as a social movement (e.g., Kidd, 2008) and sociological aspects including concerns about colonialism and class, gender and race relations (e.g., Darnell, 2007;Fabrizio-Pelak, 2005;Guilianotti, 2004).…”

Sport, Transnational Peacemaking, and Global Civil Society: Exploring the Reflective Discourses of “Sport, Development, and Peace” Project Officials

“…As more SDP projects were introduced from the late 1990s onward, various researchers examined the broad utility of sport in promoting development and peace (e.g., Armstrong, 2004;Calloway, 2004;Darnell, 2009;Gasser & Levinsen, 2004;Höglund & Sunberg, 2008;Kidd, 2008;Lea-Howarth, 2006;Schulenkorf, 2010;Willis, 2000). Although various strengths and possibilities were identified, three general types of shortcoming were identified within SDP projects.…”