Case Studies in Sport Development: Contemporary Stories Promoting Health, Peace, and Social Justice

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Sport is more than competition and the opportunity to become physically fit. Sport and physical activity offer opportunities for people and communities to forge improved relations. Case Studies in Sport Development: Contemporary Stories Promoting Health, Peace, and Social Justice reveals how experiences from across our global community have served as the conduit to harmony within and among people.

Internationally renowned co-editors Robert J. Schinke and Ronnie Lidor have structured this compilation into three key sections:

  • Remedying Marginalization
  • Health and Well-Being
  • Sport for Peace and Social Justice

The international collection of contributing authors to Case Studies in Sport Development speak from the heart about personal yet widely applicable sport and physical activity experiences. These cases provide the reader with hope that sport and physical activity can provide answers to many of today’s and tomorrow’s societal challenges within people and communities, and among countries, races, and religions.

If you're interested in this book, you may also enjoy Sport for Development of Peace and Social Justice and Cultural Turn in Sport Psychology.

Contents

Preface .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  vi

Chapter 1  Case Studies in Sport Development: Opening up the Discussion

Robert J. Schinke and Ronnie Lidor                                                                   1

Section I: Remedying Marginalization

Chapter 2  Intending to Create a Landmark Will Change You

Carole A. Oglesby                                                                                               11

Chapter 3 The Bridge Goes Both Ways: Lessons Learned from

Athletes Searching for Direction and Meaning

William D. Parham                                                                                               23

Chapter 4  Run Your Dream

Hussain Haleem                                                                                                  33

Chapter 5  Queering Sport One Team at a Time

Barbara Ravel                                                                                                     47

Chapter 6 From the Reserve to the Rink: Pursuing a Hockey Dream as an Aboriginal Athlete

Amy T. Blodgett and Duke Peltier                                                                       59

Section II : Health and Well-Being

Chapter 7  Exercising Fat Control, Resistance, and Self-Compassion:

Two Ethnographic Stories from the Field

Kerry R. McGannon and Kathi A. Cameron                                                       73

Chapter 8  Using Games to Enhance Life Satisfaction and Self Worth of

Orphans, Teenagers Living in Poverty, and

Ex-Gang Members in Latin America

Stephanie J. Hanrahan                                                                                      89

Chapter 9 Stories from the Basement: Narratives on Disability

Tamar Z. Semerjian                                                                                          103

Chapter 10 It Takes Several Northern Communities to Raise a

Reflexive and Effective Sport Researcher

Audrey R. Giles                                                                                                119

Section III : Sport for Peace and Social Justice

Chapter 11 More than Just Medals: Athletes’ Storied Experiences with

Sport for Development and Peace

Erin Cameron, Ann Peel, Marko Begovic, and Scott Sandison                       135

Chapter 12 Fortunate Tales of a Decent Sociologist, a Failed Footballer, and a Reluctant Peace Maker

John Sugden                                                                                                    149

Chapter 13 From the Laboratory to the Field: Working with

Soccer Players from Conflicting Cultures

Ronnie Lidor                                                                                                    163

Chapter 14 Project Nepal: The Experience of Implementing

Life Skills Programming in a Developing Country

Tanya Forneris                                                                                                175

Chapter 15 The Wheels of Hope

Yeshayahu Hutzler                                                                                         187

Chapter 16  Putting Social Justice in the Game:

Towards a Progressive Coaching Psychology

Ted M. Butryn                                                                                                 195

Chapter 17 Cases in Sport Development: Our Reflections

Ronnie Lidor and Robert J. Schinke                                                               209

Index .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 213

About the Editors .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .217

About the Authors .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  219