((It is commonly asserted that one of the major functions of sport is to contribute to social stability at all levels – local, international, and even global. In this view, sport generates imagined communities, bridges social divides, creates social bonds, fosters common understanding, and promotes value consensus))
using material from our course, provide a critique of this perspective. These material that we should cite to support the argument include:
1- Sage, George H. (2010). Global sport: The transformation from local to national to global. In, Globalizing Sport (pp. 1- 28).
2- Bairner, Alan (2001). National identity, globalization and sport. In Sport, nationalism, and globalization (pp. 1-20), Albany, NY: State University of NY.
3-Jackson, Steven (1998). A twist of race: Ben Johnson and the Canadian crisis of racial and national identity. Sociology of Sport Journal, 15: 21-40.
4- “The Race that Shocked the World” (on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_pJ7_j9Q2I
5- Sack, Alan L. & Suster, Zeljan (2000). Soccer and Croatian nationalism: A prelude to war. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 24/3: 305-320.
6- “Basketball My Friend Forever” (on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXQCIYlkqUg
7- Curi, Martin, Knijnik, Jorge & Mascarenhas, Gilmar (2011). The Pan American Games in Rio de Janerio 2007: Consequences of a sport mega-event on a BRIC country. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 46(2): 140-156.
8- Wahl, Grant (January 17, 2011). 2022 Vision. Sports Illustrated, p. 32.
9- Walseth, Kristin & Fasting, Kari (2003). Islam’s view on physical activity and sport. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 38/1, 45-60.
10- “Her Voice: Women and Sport in the Middle East” on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWWIrWKWnTk&feature=youtu.be
11- Shor, Eran & Galily, Yair (2012). Between adoption and resistance: Grobalization and glocalization of Israeli basketball. Sociology of Sport Journal, 29, 526-545.
12- Bairner, Alan & Hwang, Dong-Jhy (2010). Representing Taiwan: International sport, ethnicity and national identity in the Republic of China. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 46(3): 231-248.
13- Bairner, Alan (2001). We are the England Haters! In Sport, nationalism, and globalization (pp. 45-68), Albany, NY: State University of NY.
14- Wolff, Alexander (2011, September 26). “Sport saves the world.” Sports Illustrated, Vol. 115 (No. 12): 62-70.
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