This book provides a critical approach to sport-for-development, acknowledging the potential of this growing field but emphasising challenges, problems and limitations – particularly if programs are not adequately planned, delivered or monitored.

1. Sport-for-Development: The Emergence and Growth of a New Genre; Daryl Adair and Nico Schulenkorf 2. The Sport for Development and Peace Sector: A Critical Sociological Analysis; Richard Giulianotti and Gary Armstrong 3. De-Colonising the Politics and Practice of Sport-for-Development: Critical Insights from Postcolonial Feminist Theory and Methods; Simon Darnell and Lyndsay Hayhurst 4. Sport-for-Development: Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will; Fred Coalter 5. The Ripple Effect: Critical Pragmatism, Conflict Resolution and Peace Building through Sport in Deeply Divided Societies; John Sugden 6. Reflections from the Field: Challenges in Managing Agendas and Expectations around Football for Peace in Israel; Jim Wallis and John Lambert 7. Indigenous Discourses in Sport for Development and Peace: A Case Study of the Ubuntu Cultural Philosophy in EduSport Foundation, Zambia; Oscar Mwaanga and Kabanda Mwansa 8. Promoting Gender Empowerment through Sport? Exploring the Experiences of Zambian Female Footballers; Ruth Jeanes and Jonathon Magee 9. Sport-for-Development Program Objectives and Delivery: A Mismatch in Gulu, Northern Uganda; Justin Richards and Charlie Foster 10. Lessons Learned from Monitoring and Evaluating Sport-for-Development Programmes in the Caribbean; Zak Kaufman, Brooke Rosenbauer and Gabriela Moore 11. Soldados Nunca Mais: Child Soldiers, Football and Social Change in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas; Nanko van Buuren and Elizabeth Kath 12. Inspiring Pacific Women for Lifestyle Change: An Attempt to Halt the Spread of Chronic Diseases; Katja Siefken, Grant Schofield and Nico Schulenkorf 13. Global Sport-for-Development in Theory and Praxis: Reflections; Nico Schulenkorf and Daryl Adair