Sports Governance, Development and Corporate Responsibility

The call for sport organizations and organizers to take up social responsibilities is reflected in a wide variety of sport-related practices. This book critically examines sport-related social interventions in different cultural settings, such as promoting local community-building by sport. Social constructions of peace, integration and managing diversity are studied from the perspective of sport and play, and the power position of global sport organizations with corporate features is discussed from the perspectives of good governance, legal issues and fair trade. Referring to Foucault''s concept of biopolitics, this book contributes to the discussion on the rising power position and the social responsibilities of sports and sport organizations. It is a valuable contribution to the understanding of interconnections between sport and society for students in sociology, policy and politics of sport, for sport leaders, and for policy and decision-makers in sport.

Barbara Segaert holds an MA in Oriental Studies, Islamic Studies and Arab Philology (KU Leuven, Belgium) and an MA in the Social Sciences (Open University, UK). Marc Theeboom is professor and vice-dean at the Faculty of Physical Edu[1]cation and Physiotherapy and the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and chairs the Sports Policy and Management Department. Christiane Timmerman holds an MA in Psychology and a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Bart Vanreusel is professor in Sport Sociology and head of the Department of Human Kinesiology at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium.