Indicator culture in sport for development and peace: a transnational analysis of governance networks. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Henne, Kathryn
• Is Part Of: Third world thematics. Volume 2:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 69
• Page End: 86
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: Governance -- sport -- actor–network theory -- indicator culture -- development; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Globalization -- Periodicals; 338.90091724
• DOI: 10.1080/23802014.2017.1353892
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2379-9978

Abstract

Abstract: This article analyses sport for development and peace (SDP) governance, focusing specifically on the role of indicator culture. It examines how different actors inform SDP governance, drawing upon data collected as part of a larger, multi-sited ethnographic research project. It utilises actor–network theory as its analytical guide, which enables deeper consideration of how bureaucratic mechanisms, measurement and evaluation practices, political and funding mandates, and postcolonial ideologies converge in the development of SDP initiatives in the Pacific. Findings point to tensions within the broader embrace of indicator culture and how SDP is uniquely positioned to illuminate the dilemmas that result.