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Sport, the military and peacemaking: history and possibilities
journal contribution
posted on 2014-08-22, 09:05 authored by Richard GiulianottiRichard Giulianotti, Gary ArmstrongThis paper examines the role and contribution of peace-making to the wider sport, development and peace (SDP) sector. Particular attention is paid to a hitherto under-explored subject: the complex position of the military vis-a`-vis sport and sport-related peacekeeping. Through an historical overview of the sport–military intersection, reference to fieldwork in Bosnia and Liberia, and a brief examination of the Conseil Internationale du Sport Militaire, some critical and cautious conclusions are put forth. We suggest that sport-based peacemaking interventions provide the military with a new kind of institutional function, and fresh ways of building positive social links to civilian populations. However, such engagement is only possible if full dialogical engagement between civilians and peacekeeping forces is established, in which the military adapt their practices to suit the local cultural context.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
Third World QuarterlyVolume
32Issue
3Pages
379 - 394Citation
GIULIANOTTI, R. and ARMSTRONG, G., 2010. Sport, the military and peacemaking: history and possibilities. Third World Quarterly, 32 (3), pp. 379-394.Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.Publication date
2010Notes
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Third World Quarterly on 20-05-2011, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01436597.2011.573935. This Accepted Manuscript has the following title: Sport, the military and peacekeeping: history and possibilities.ISSN
0143-6597eISSN
1360-2241Publisher version
Language
- en