Globalization is effecting a close convergence of sport and foreign policy. In order to respond to novel social, political, cultural and economic pressures, states are increasingly turning to sport as a foreign policy instrument; and they cannot ignore the corresponding influence that global sport has on their core interests.

Globalization is effecting a close convergence of sport and foreign policy. In order to respond to social, political, cultural and economic pressures, states are turning to sport as a foreign policy instrument and they cannot ignore the corresponding influence that global sport has on their core interests. This book explores this relationship.

'Overall there is much substantive content in Sport and Foreign Policy in a Globalized World that will appeal to the serious sport scholar.' International Review of Sport Sociology