The Palgrave Handbook of Globalization and Sport

Joseph Maguire is Professor Emeritus at Loughborough University, UK. He is a two-term former President of the International Sociology of Sport Association.

Katie Liston is Senior Lecturer in the Social Sciences of Sport at Ulster University, Northern Ireland.

Mark Falcous is Associate Professor in the Sociology of Sport at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

This handbook illustrates the utility of global sport as a lens through which to disentangle the interconnected political, economic, cultural, and social patterns that shape our lives. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives, it is organized into three parts. The first part outlines theoretical and conceptual insights from global sport scholarship: from the conceptualization and development of globalization theories, transnationalism and transnational capital, through to mediasport, roving coloniality, and neoliberal doctrine. The second part illustrates the varied flows within global sport and the ways in which these flows are contested, across physical cultures/sport forms, identities, ideologies, media, and economic capital. Diverse topics and cases are covered, such as sport business and the global sport industry, financial fair play, and global mediasport. Finally, the third part explores various aspects of global sport development and governance, incorporating insights from work in the Global South. Across all of these contributions, varied approaches are taken to examine the 'power of sport' trope, generating a thought-provoking dialogue for the reader. 

Featuring an accomplished roster of contributors and wide-ranging coverage of key issues and debates, this handbook will serve as an indispensable resource for scholars and students of contemporary sports studies.

Offers comprehensive coverage of the intersection of sport and globalization, synthesizing insights from the past two decades of research in the field

1. Introduction: Mapping the Global Sports Sphere (Joseph Maguire, Katie Liston and Mark Falcous).- 2. Globalization and Sport: Reflections and Projections (Alan Tomlinson).- 3. 'Weaponizing' the Commodity Chain: Sport Anthropology and Globalization (Alan Klein).- 4. Getting to the Uber-Sport Assemblage (David L. Andrews).- 5. Sport, Globalization and the Modern World: Zones of Prestige and Established-Outsider Relations (Joseph Maguire).- 6. The Challenges of Sport and Globalization (David Rowe).- 7. Globalization or Coloniality? Delinking from the Roving Colonialism of Sport Mega-Events (Heather Sykes).- 8. China, Sport and Globalization (Susan Brownell).- 9. Globalization, Ideology, and Sport (Michael D. Giardina, Tarlan Chahardovali and Joshua L. Newman).- 10. Globalization, Sport and Gender Relations (Katie Liston and Joseph Maguire).- 11. Transnational Perspectives on Sport, Globalization and Migration (Sine Agergaard).- 12. Globalization and the Economics of Sport Business (Hans Westerbeek).- 13. Economic Globalization of the Sports Industry (Wladimir Andreff).- 14. Financial Fair Play: Problematization in men's professional football (Stephen Morrow).- 15. Global Mediasport: Contexts, Texts, Effects (Mark Falcous).- 16. Greening and Cleaning World Football: The Environment, Clientelism And Media Failure (Toby Miller).- 17. Mediating Contested Narratives of the Globalization of Sport: the case of surfing (Douglas Booth).- 18. Gianni Infantino and using 'the power of football' to make a troubled globalized world 'a more peaceful place'? (Peter J. Beck).- 19. Origin and Global Spread of the German Form of Physical Culture: Gymnastics and Turnen (Annette R. Hofmann and Michael Krüger).- 20. Diasporas in Sport: Networks, Nostalgia and the Nuances of Dwelling (Janelle Joseph).- 21. Militarized Civic Ritual: Pentagon, Police, and U.S. Professional Football (Kimberly S. Schimmel).- 22. Globalized Sport and Development from a Commonwealth Perspective (Cora Burnett).- 23. Voices from the South: Emerging Sport and Development Trends on the Global Policy Agenda (Marion Keim and Christo De Coning).- 24. Levelling the Playing Field: Investing in Grassroots Sports as the Best Bet for Sustainable Development (Ben Sanders and Jay Coakley).- 25. The Role of Sport in Refugee Settlement: Definitions, Knowledge Gaps and Future Directions (Ramón Spaaij, Jora Broerse, Sarah Oxford and Carla Luguetti).- 26. The Paradox of Sport for Development: Evangelism and a Call for Evidence (Fred Coalter).- 27. Revisiting Sport-for-Development through Rights, Capabilities and Global Citizenship (Simon Darnell, Tavis Smith and Catherine Houston).- 28. Sport Governance, Democracy and Globalization (Lucie Thibault).- 29. Ethical Governance and the Olympic Movement (Bruce Kidd).- 30. Sport, Globalization and Democracy (Grant Jarvie).