Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

List of Figures, Tables, and Illustrations

Introduction

The Achilles' Heels of the Olympic Games: Power and Profit

Can sport contribute to sustainable peace?

Sport for peace: Step-by-step

1. What is sport, and play, globally?

Sport and play: A sociological and psychological approach to sport

Indigenous sport, modern sport

Sport and social dynamics: Toward equality, social cohesion, and peace?

Lending legitimacy: When sport becomes politicized

Conclusion

2. A façade of Peace: Sport, power, and profit in a dangerous world

Nationalism, autocracy, and sports-washing: "War minus the shooting"

Sport diplomacy, boycotts, and banishments

Sport into the 21st century, A globalized façade of peace

Profit: Sport in globalized economies

Conclusion

3. Olympism: A secular religion

Olympism: Myths and myth-making

The historical institutionalism of the Olympic Games

Symbolic politics: Nationalism and sport, then and now

After Beijing 2022: Whither Olympism in a turbulent world

Conclusion

4. The global governance of international sport

The normative foundations of international sport

Advocacy and agenda-setting

Adjudicating sport: Monitoring and accountability

Harm-free, clean sport: A Sisyphean struggle

Conclusion

5. A long association: Sport and human rights

Human rights norms and international sport

Vision vanquished: Abuses of human rights in sport

Toward social justice: Redressing discrimination and marginalization?

"Sport for All:" Realizing access to sport as a human right

Conclusion

6. Pathways from marginalization

Causes of violence: Inequality and injustice, frustration, and extremism

Youth and deadly conflict: Breaking the intergenerational conflict trap

Sport-for-peace: The evolution of practice

A Nexus: Sport, physical and mental well-being, and sustaining peace

Conclusion

7. Pathways to peace: Sport for strengthening social cohesion

Peacebuilding for whom? Challenges of effective practice

Sport in post-conflict contexts

Sport for community-level resilience

Sport, inclusive nationalism, and social cohesion

Conclusion

Step-by-step: Sport, peacebuilding, and the future of peace

Confronting power: Beware of sport evangelism

People before profit: Realizing a rights-based sport regime

Advancing sport's contribution to sustaining peace

Bibliography

Index