A problem without a cause
Framing the agenda within sport for development organisations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2378932 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kelsey Slater (0000-0001-9973-3674, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA, corresponding author), L Moustakas (0000-0003-3388-4407, University of Applied Sciences Kufstein, Kufstein, Austria) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1146-1162 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10126902241304863 |
| OpenAlex | W4405759515 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 35 |
Critical examinations of the sport for development (SfD) field have highlighted concerns related to an emphasis on individual-level solutions and outcomes and the reinforcement of current neoliberal power structures. As such, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how SfD organisations use their annual reports to frame social problems, define the causes of those problems, the role of sport in crafting solutions to development problems, and make moral judgements related to their work in the SfD sector. Using framing theory as a framework, a qualitative content analysis of the annual reports from 2019 to 2021 of five prominent SfD organisations was conducted. The researchers used an open coding methodology to develop a codebook based on the four functions of framing: defining problems, identifying causes, determining solutions, and making moral judgements. The analysis revealed a lack of consistent salience of social problems except for the COVID-19 pandemic. The causes for these problems were largely ignored within the annual report documents; instead, organisations focused on the solutions they were working to implement. Solutions were framed primarily through the expansion or continuance of their active programming, bolstering the claim that their active SfD efforts are working
Content analysis · Continuance · Frame problem · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |