Sport and Social Exclusion in Global Society

Spaaij, Ramón; Magee, Jonathan; Jeanes, Ruth

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“…Freirean pedagogy is 'vitally important for contemporary educators to revisit, to build upon, and to reinvent in the contextual specificity of today's sociopolitical context' (McLaren, 1999, p. 54). It helps us identify key questions that need to be addressed if more inclusive and transformative sporting practices are to be created (Macdonald, 2002;Spaaij, Magee, & Jeanes, 2014). Elsewhere we have shown how Freire's work is significant for the SDP sector and use it to reveal the limitations of dominant pedagogies in the SDP field (Spaaij & Jeanes, 2013).…”

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Transforming communities through sport? critical pedagogy and sport for development

Spaaij

Oxford

Jeanes

2016

Sport, Education and Society

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The value of sport as a vehicle for social development and progressive social change has been much debated, yet what tends to get missed in this debate is the way education may foster, enable or impede the transformative action that underpins the social outcomes to which the 'sport for development and peace' (SDP) sector aspires. This article draws on the critical pedagogy of Paulo Freire and his contemporaries to examine the nature of transformative action and how it may be fostered within SDP programs. Insights from critical pedagogy are applied to, and illustrated through, qualitative research undertaken with SDP programs located in Cameroon and Kenya. The findings show the complexities of designing and implementing critical pedagogy in a SDP context and, in particular, the challenges of creating and mobilizing for transformative action. Opportunities and lessons for embedding critical pedagogy within SDP programs are also presented.

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Transforming communities through sport? critical pedagogy and sport for development

Spaaij

Oxford

Jeanes

2016

Sport, Education and Society

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“…Mindful of Collins and Haudenhuyse's (2015) and Spaaij, Magee and Jeanes's (2014) observations about the dimensions of social inclusion and sport, we are interested primarily in 'inclusion through sport'; that is, the ways in which sport might facilitate asylum seekers and refugees' capacity to engage with Australian communities more broadly. From the outset we recognise that sport as a site for inclusion is problematic and the framing of this research similarly excludes in that it focuses on men who possess a certain level of physical capacity and skill.…”

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Being Able to Play: Experiences of Social Inclusion and Exclusion Within a Football Team of People Seeking Asylum

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McDonald

Spaaij

2017

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Australian policy makers and funding organisations have relied heavily on sport as a vehicle for achieving the goals of social cohesion and social inclusion. The generally accepted premise that sport includes individuals in larger social contexts, and in doing so creates positive social outcomes, remains largely untested and uncontested. This article considers the ways in which playing in an asylum seeker football team, located in Melbourne, Australia, facilitates both inclusive and exclusive experiences for its participants. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, life histories, and policy analysis, this article identifies the often-ignored importance of a sporting habitus and physical capital in individuals' experiences of playing. The success or failure of the asylum seeker team to foster social inclusion is somewhat tenuous as the logic of competition can create conditions counter to those that would be recognised as inclusive. Further, such programmes are faced with sustainability problems, as they are heavily reliant on individuals within the organisation and community to "make things happen". However, we suggest that for many men, the asylum seeker team provides an important site for the development and appreciation of 'poly-cultural' capital that contributes to forms of resilience and the achievement of other indicators of social inclusion.

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“…In their book Sport and social exclusion in global society, Spaaij, Magee and Jeanes (2014) challenge the "long held view" in sport sociology that poverty and material deprivation are at the core of social exclusion (see Collins & Kay, 2014), by contending that social exclusion is a multidimensional set of processes that go beyond the lack of money. This position can however be criticized for confusing root causes and indeed multi-dimensional processes and outcomes of income related (monetary) poverty and its relationship with social exclusion.…”

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“…Specific policies and programs targeted at people have been set up in order to facilitate participation in employment and universal access to resources, rights, goods and services. Such "social inclusive" policies include, among others: preventing the risks of exclusion, helping the most vulnerable and mobilizing all relevant bodies in overcoming exclusion (Levitas et al, 2007) According to Spaaij et al (2014), sport may be perceived as rather trivial and peripheral activity, but the role sport could play in promoting social inclusion has been increasingly embraced in international policy and research.…”

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Introduction to the Special Issue “Sport for Social Inclusion: Critical Analyses and Future Challenges”

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Theeboom

2015

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Abstract"Sport for Social Inclusion: Critical Analyses and Future Challenges" brings together a unique collection of papers on the subject of sport and social inclusion. The special issue can be divided into three major parts. The first part consists of three papers tacking on a broad perspective on sport and social exclusion, with specific attention to austerity policies, sport-for-change and exclusion in youth sports. The second part of the special issue tackles specific themes (e.g., group composition and dynamics, volunteering, physical education, youth work, equality, public health) and groups (e.g., people with disabilities, disadvantaged girls, youth) in society in relation to sport and social exclusion. The third part consists of three papers that are related to issues of multiculturalism, migration and social inclusion. The special issue is further augmented with a book review on Mike Collins and Tess Kay's Sport and social exclusion (2nd edition) and a short research communication. The editors dedicate the special issue to Mike Collins (deceased).

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Sport and Social Exclusion in Global Society

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Transforming communities through sport? critical pedagogy and sport for development

Transforming communities through sport? critical pedagogy and sport for development

Being Able to Play: Experiences of Social Inclusion and Exclusion Within a Football Team of People Seeking Asylum

Introduction to the Special Issue “Sport for Social Inclusion: Critical Analyses and Future Challenges”

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