VOLUME ONE: SPORT IN HISTORY
Sport in the Western Civilizing Process
Eric Dunning
Sport and International Relations before 1918
Pierre Arnaud
Sport, Politics and the Engaged Historian
Allen Guttmann
Introduction: Sport and politics
Jeffrey Hill
History and Sport
Martin Polley
Reframing the Direction of Change in the History of Sport
Nancy Struna
The State of British Sport History
William Baker
The Impact of Communism on Sport
James Riordan
Sport Participation in the German Democratic Republic
Michael Dennis
The Decline of Mass Sport Provision in the German Democratic Republic
Jonathan Grix
Japan’s Sports Diplomacy in the Early Post-Second World War Years
Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu
Sociological Reflections on Sport, Violence and Civilization
Eric Dunning
The Making of the IOC Environmental Policy as the Third Dimension of the Olympic Movement
Hart Cantelon and Michael Letters
Globalizing the Nation-Making Process: Modern Sport in World History
Mark Dyreson
The State of Play: Women in British Sport History
Carol Osborne and Fiona Skillen
VOLUME TWO: SPORT AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
What Price Victory? The World of International Sports and Politics
Andrew Strenk
Sport and International Relations: A Case of Mutual Neglect
T. Taylor
The Role and Importance of Sport in International Relations
Richard Espy
Sport, Prestige and International Relations
Lincoln Allison and Terry Monnington
Sport’s Role in Constructing the ‘Inter-State’ Worldview
Roger Levermore
The Contested Terrain of Sport Diplomacy in a Globalizing World
Steven Jackson
Sport in International Relations: A Case for Cross-Disciplinary Investigation
Aaron Beacom
Sport for Decolonization: Exploring a New Praxis of Sport for Development
Simon Darnell and Lyndsay Hayhurst
Sport as an Opiate of International Relations: The Myth and Illusion of Sport as a Tool of Foreign Diplomacy
Robert Redeker
Building Sport Countries’ Overseas Identity and Reputation: A Case Study of Public Paradiplomacy
Jordi Xifra
Sports Mega-Events as Part of a Nation’s Soft Power Strategy: The Cases of Germany (2006) and the UK (2012)
Jonathan Grix and Barrie Houlihan
The USA and Sporting Diplomacy: Comparing and Contrasting the Cases of Table Tennis with China and Baseball with Cuba in the 1970s
Thomas Carter and John Sugden
‘Image’ Leveraging and Sports Mega-Events: Germany and the 2006 World Cup
Jonathan Grix
China’s Foreign Policy in Sport: The Primacy of National Security and Territorial Integrity Concerning the Taiwan Question
Junwei Yu
The Politics of Sport Diplomacy and Reunification in Divided Korea: One Nation, Two Countries and Three Flags
Udo Merkel
The Sport for Development and Peace Sector: A Critical Sociological Analysis
R. Giulianotti and G. Armstrong
VOLUME THREE: SPORT AND DOMESTIC POLITICS/POLICY
Modernization and Sport: The Reform of Sport England and UK Sport
Barrie Houlihan and Mick Green
Why Do Governments Invest in Elite Sport? A Polemic
Jonathan Grix and Fiona Carmichael
Mechanisms of International Influence on Domestic Elite Sport Policy
Barrie Houlihan
How to Influence National Pride? The Olympic Medal Index as a Unifying Narrative
Ivo van Hilvoorde, Agnes Elling and Ruud Stokvis
Bringing Structures Back In: The ‘Governance Narrative’, the ‘Decentred Approach’ and ‘Asymmetrical Network Governance’ in the Education and Sport Policy Communities
Mark Goodwin and Jonathan Grix
Public Policies on Sport Development: Can Mass and Elite Sport Hold Together?
Mike Collins
Centralized Grassroots Sport Policy and ‘New Governance’: A Case Study of County Sports Partnerships in the UK – Unpacking the Paradox
Lesley Phillpots, Jonathan Grix and Tom Quarmby
Delivery networks and community sport in England
Spencer Harris & Barrie Houlihan
Sports Policy
Peter Bramham
Towards Social Leverage of Sport Events
Laurence Chalip
Property ownership, resource use, and the 'gift of nature'
Neil Ravenscroft, Andrew Church and Paul Gilchrist
Understanding Sport Clubs as Sport Policy Implementers: A Theoretical Framework for the Analysis of the Implementation of Central Sport Policy through Local and Voluntary Sport Organizations
Eivind Skille
Sport Policy Development in New Zealand: Paradoxes of an Integrative Paradigm
Michael Sam and Steven Jackson
Critical Policy Analysis: The Illustrative Case of New Zealand Sport Policy Development
Laurence Chalip
Supporters, Followers, Fans, and Flaneurs: A Taxonomy of Spectator Identities in Football
Richard Giulianotti
Steroids and the State: Dubin, Melodrama and the Accomplishment of Innocence
John MacAloon
Public Sector Sport Policy: Developing a Framework for Analysis
Barrie Houlihan
VOLUME FOUR: THE POLITICS OF SPORT
Sport and Social Class
Pierre Bourdieu
Where’s the Virtue? Where’s the Grace? A Discussion of the Social Production of Gender Relations in and through Sport
Jennifer Hargreaves
Media Image: Sport, Gender and National Identities in Five European Countries
Gerd von der Lippe
Reproducing Gender? Intergenerational Links and the Male PE Teacher as a Cultural Conduit in Teaching Physical Education
David Brown and John Evans
How a Turn to Critical Race Theory Can Contribute to Our Understanding of ‘Race’, Racism and Anti-Racism in Sport
Kevin Hylton
Race, Politics and Sport
Colin Tatz
From Racial Exclusions to New Inclusions: Black and Minority Ethnic Participation in Football Clubs in the East Midlands of England
Steven Bradbury
Sport, Masculinity and Black Cultural Resistance
Ben Carrington
Taking the Politics Out of Sport? Australian Press Coverage of South African-Australian Sport, 1992–1994
Susan McKay
Amateurism, Sport and the Left: Amateurism for All versus Amateur Elitism
James Riordan
Communitarianism, Sport and Social Capital: ‘Neighbourly Insights into Scottish Sport’
Grant Jarvie
Sport and Social Capital
Ørnulf Seippel
Neoliberalism’s Last Lap? NASCAR Nation and the Cultural Politics of Sport
Joshua Newman and Michael Giardina
Daughters of Islam: Family Influences on Muslim Young Women's Participation in Sport
Tess Kay
