Sport mega-events and 'terrorism

A critical analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID2378084
AuthorsR Giulianotti (0000-0002-7561-3755, Loughborough University), F Klauser (0000-0003-3383-3570, University of Neuchâtel)
Year2012
Volume47
Issue3
Pages307-323
Publication date2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1012690211433454
OpenAlexW2113037612
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited33

The article explores critically the interplay between sport and terrorism, with particular reference to sport mega-events. Our discussion is divided into two main sections. First, we set out the main principles of a critical social theoretical approach, which enables satisfactory analysis of the 'sport/terrorism' couplet. We discuss the contribution of three types of critical perspective that are tied to different disciplines, namely sociology, human geography, and political science/international relations. Second, we turn to consider some of the main historical and contemporary incidents and issues with regard to terrorism at sport mega-events. On this basis, we show how and why social scientific analysis needs to move beyond common-sense understandings of the sport/terrorism couplet, to investigate critically the epistemologies and discursive constructions of terror, the logics, processes and relationships underpinning specific counter-terrorism strategies, and the wider socio-spatial implications thereof

Sociology of sport · Underpinning · Doping in Sports · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society

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