To what extent does soccer increase the capability of the homeless and those living on the street? This study addresses this question by focusing on the ways in which the Homeless World Cup and Street Soccer (Scotland) have impacted upon the lives of some individuals. Primary source data obtained...

This chapter highlights some of the broad patterns and structures that characterize global migration of athletes and others involved in the sports industry. Attention is also given to the enabling and constraining features of global sport that shape sports migration processes, and also to the...

Jewish teachings on social justice include the maxim attributed to Hillel the Elder in the Mishnah: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" This maxim indicates Jewish responses to experiencing anti-Semitism in the context of ...

This chapter deals with the relationship between sport and nationalism. A case study illustrative of the relationship between soccer and regional and national identity in late-20th-century Spain is presented. Two debating points are also considered: whether the Fédération Internationale de Football ...

This essay analyzes the role of sport protest under the current United States presidential administration. Protest has long been a feature of sporting rituals; social unrest in this realm is not new. However, at this moment, activism in sport allows us to see larger political alliances, affinities, ...

This chapter examines: the historical development of media sport relations; power, control and ownership in media sport; race and ethnic relations in media sport; and gender relations in media sport. Two debating points are considered: whether sport depends on media; and whether media sport...

This chapter deals with: sport as a social and cultural product; socialization and sport; the subcultural forms of culture; and the transformation from subcultural to cultural. A case study of soccer hooliganism as subculture is presented. Two debating points are also considered: whether sporting...

There are varied approaches that have been used in sport for development (SFD) projects. This article is focused on the move by sport and exercise psychology researchers toward community-based SFD projects where marginalized groups are centralized. The authors have chosen two of their projects to...

The concerns in this essay relate to questions about the role of the public intellectual and the university as a resource to address public issues and actively embrace public engagement as part of the university contract. The essay draws upon the social and political protests in the build up to the ...

This chapter: evaluates the relationship between sport, communitarianism, and social capital; questions some of the assumptions about the positive influence that sport has on various communities; discusses the contribution that sport can make to the regeneration and reproduction of social capital;...