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Drawing on nearly a decade of wide-ranging, multidisciplinary research undertaken with young people and adults living and working in urban communities in Zambia, this jointly-authored book extends existing understandings of the use of sport to contribute to global development agendas has burgeoned over the last two decades. The book’s locally-centred and contextualized analysis represents an important departure from both the internationalist and evaluation-orientated research that has predominated in global sport for development. Offering wide-ranging historical, political, economic and social contextualization, it examines how a key period in the expansion of the sport for development sector unfolded in Zambia; considers the significance of varying degrees of integration and partnership practices between sport for development and development agencies at different levels; and outlines approaches to the provision of sport for development activities in various communities. Detailed examination of the lives, experiences and responses of young people involved in these activities, drawn from their own accounts, is a key feature of the book. Concluding reflections identify possibilities for enhancing understanding and improving research and evidence through methodologies which ‘localise global sport for development’. The book’s unique approach and content will be highly relevant to academic researchers and students studying sport and development across many different contexts.
take part in competitions and leagues, some of which are organized on an inter-community or city-wide basis by these same SfD NGOs. In addition to extending community sport provision by instigating these activities, SfD organizations also initiate or contribute to developing performance pathways for participants to compete at higher levels. During the time of our research, EduSport and Sport in Action were able to offer particularly talented
Mega-events and urban development 157 Table 5.1 Summer Olympic Games’ impacts on host cities Primary modernisation phase: nineteenth century to 1970 Secondary modernisation phase: 1970 to present Urban development catalyst: sport facilities complexes; transport and communication infrastructures;new communities Sport facilities impacts Urban development catalyst 1900 Paris 1896 Athens 1960 Rome 1972 Munich – 1904 St Louis 1908 London 1964 Tokyo 1976 Montreal Cost problem 1948 London 1912 Stockholm 1920 Antwerp 1980 Moscow – 1984 Los Angeles
help prevent diseases that impede people from working and impose health care costs on individuals and communities Sport can help reduce stigma and increase self-esteem, self-confidence and social skills, leading to increased employability MDG2: Achieve Universal Primary Education School sport programs motivate children to enrol in and attend school and can help improve academic achievement Sport-based community