The Ideals of Global Sport: From Peace to Human Rights

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2019

The Ideals of Global Sport

From Peace to Human Rights

Edited by: Barbara J. Keys

In the series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812295993

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About this book

Does international sport make the world a better place? This volume critically examines the claims that global sports events promote peace, mutual understanding, antiracism, and democracy, and exposes repeated shortcomings in human rights protection, from the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games to Brazil's 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.

Author / Editor information

Barbara J. Keys is Professor of U.S. and International History at the University of Melbourne. She is author of Reclaiming American Virtue: The Human Rights Revolution of the 1970s and Globalizing Sport: National Rivalry and International Community in the 1930s.

Reviews

"This book provides a highly readable, fascinating, and valuable set of essays, which together demonstrate in rich detail the gap between the rhetoric and reality of sport's moral discourse. It is essential reading for anyone—student, researcher, or sports fan—who wants to know more about the international politics of contemporary sport."—Professor John Horne, coauthor of Sport and Social Movements: From the Local to the Global

"The Ideals of Global Sport upends the familiar claim that sports possess a transcendent power to make the world a better place. Through a series of excellent case studies, it shows us the layered ways in which such claims are invoked, contrasted with the more complex realities on the ground. It is a timely intervention."—Mark Philip Bradley, University of Chicago

"Does international sport actually strengthen international understanding and human rights? Any discussion of the future of the beleaguered modern Olympics and other major events, in the current climate of growing xenophobia in many countries, must critically consider this question. This well researched, insightful collection of historical case studies, ably organized with memorable aphorisms by editor Barbara Keys, does exactly that. It is indispensable reading for scholars, journalists, and policymakers alike."—Bruce Kidd, former Olympian and honorary member of the Canadian Olympic Committee

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction. The Ideals of International Sport Barbara J. Keys Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: The Core Ideals
Chapter 1. Friendship and Mutual Understanding: Sport and Regional Relations in Southeast Asia Simon Creak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 2. Antidiscrimination: Racism and the Case of South Africa Robert Skinner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Chapter 3. Democracy and Democratization: The Ambiguous Legacy Joon Seok Hong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
Chapter 4. Peace: The United Nations, the International Olympic Committee, and the Renovation of the Olympic Truce Roland Burke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Part II: The Rise of Human Rights
Chapter 5. Reframing Human Rights: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and International Sport Barbara J. Keys Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Chapter 6. The Moscow 1980 and Sochi 2014 Olympic Games: Dissent and Repression Dmitry Dubrovskiy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
Chapter 7. Hosting the Olympic Games in Developed Countries: Debating the Human Rights Ideals of Sport Jules Boykoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
Chapter 8. The View from China: Two Olympic Bids, One Olympic Games, and China’s Changing Rights Consciousness Susan Brownell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
Chapter 9. Competing for Rights? Human Rights and Recent Sport Mega-Events in Brazil João Roriz and Renata Nagamine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Conclusion. The Future of Idealism in Sport Barbara J. Keys and Roland Burke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Keywords: Sociology; Philosophy; Recreation; Leisure; Human Rights; Law

eBook

Published: February 15, 2019
ISBN: 9780812295993