A Tale of Two Networks: Contrasting Sport for Development and Peace Actor-Networks. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Richelieu, André; Webb, Andrew
• Is Part Of: Journal of global sport management. Volume 4:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 371
• Page End: 391
• Publication Date: 2019-10-02
• Subjects: Sport -- sport for development and peace -- actor-network theory -- strategic alliances -- international management; 运动；体育促进发展与和平；行动者网络理论；战略联盟；国际化管理; Sports administration -- Periodicals; Sports administration; Periodicals; 796.06
• DOI: 10.1080/24704067.2018.1477517
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2470-4067

Abstract

Abstract: This study highlights the convergence, contrasts, and coherence between two sport for development and peace (SDP) actor-networks. Overall, some coherence, but much contrast, between academic and practitioner actor-networks is demonstrated. The lack of theoretical knowledge about how and why practitioners construct actor-networks is also emphasized. Moreover, important academic questions—such as why scholars' understanding of actor-networks are based on a dominant, yet questionable, vision of how sport influences development and peace—are raised. Critical perspectives about the theoretical underpinnings of sport for development and peace and the influence that shifting funding priorities have on sport for development and peace actor-networks are brought to the fore.