Conceptualising the social inclusion potential of Esports to support future sport for development agendas: A capabilities perspective

Sport is vitally important within the context of development work but does not guarantee the achievement of social outcomes (Coalter, 2007; 2010a). Sport for Development (SfD) is defined as the intentional use of sport to achieve non-sporting goals, such as social inclusion (Dudfield, 2014). SfD has long been a tool for addressing a spectrum of unequalness including social, disability, racial, ethnic, religious, and gender-based inequality and importance has been placed on sport's potential to influence social cohesion and social capital building (Coalter, 2010a; 2010b). [...]