The Politics of Sport: Community, Mobility, Identity
Paul Gilchrist, Russell
Holden - Taylor & Francis Group 2013
Sport is an essential part of community structure, membership and identity.
Whether on the field of play, in stadia, or on the streets, sport has
consistently brought together disparate individuals to share culture, values and
memories. Nowadays these relationships are being rewritten through the effects
of global socio-economic practices, the interventions of government, the impact
of cultural imperialism and, at the local level, through the actions of
individuals and new constituencies that are emerging in response. Furthermore,
this generates discourse on matters of regional and national identity.
This themed issue presents a range of essays that examine the relationship
between sport and society through the conceptual lenses of community, mobility
and identity. Drawing upon insights from contemporary history and current
political phenomena from leading academic specialists in the field, the issue
addresses cross-cutting themes such as loyalty and allegiance, migration and
integration, identity and collective memory, and the politics of resistance and
change, which will be of interest to the political scientist, the contemporary
historian and sport scholar alike.
This book was previously published as a special edition of the journal Sport
in Society.
