With an international line-up of contributors, this book examines challenges to racism in and through sport. It addresses the different agents of change in the context of wider socio-political shifts and explores issues of policy formation, practices in sport and anti-racism in sport, and the challenge to sport today.
Foreword by Lord Herman Ouseley Introduction: Positioning Anti-Racism in Sport and Sport in Anti-Racism; J.Long & K.Spracklen Thinking 'Race' and Ethnicity in (Dutch) Sports Policy and Research; J.van Sterkenburg PART I: PRACTICES 'In This Shrinking World': 'Race', the Olympics and the Wind of Change; S.Wagg The Post-Apartheid Scenario in South Africa; S.Ramsamy Using Charters and Standards to Promote Anti-Racism in Sport; K.Spracklen & J.Long 'What I said was racist - but I'm not a racist': Anti-Racism and the White Sports/Media Complex; B.Carrington Race Matters In Australian Sport; C.Tatz PART II: IDENTITIES Natural Born Athletes? Australian Aboriginal People and the Double-edged Lure of Professional Sport; D.Adair & M.Stronach Just a Dream? Structure, Power, and Agency in Basketball; S.N.Brooks Global Integration in the Nation: The Emergence of Non-white Athletes and Antiracist Initiatives in Norwegian Elite Sport; M.Andersson Gender and Cultural Diversity in Australian Sport; C.Foley, T.Taylor & H.Maxwell PART III: CHALLENGES Marching Altogether? Football Fans Taking a Stand Against Racism; P.Thomas It's Not as Simple as Black and White: Challenging Racism in Professional Football through Locally Grounded Multi-agency Collaboration; S.Bradbury Does Diversity in Sport Reduce Racial Prejudice?; G.B.Cunningham Too Radical? Critical Race Theory and Sport Against Racism in Ireland; K.Hylton So What Has Changed (and What has to Change)?; J.Long & K.Spracklen Bibliography
