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The idea for this chapter comes from a simple question that was asked to me by Dominic Malcolm, fellow Sport Sociologist, during a staff and graduate seminar that I gave at the University of Loughborough in 2006. I had given a presentation about Football for Peace, a cross-community, co-existence programme involving Jewish and Arab towns and villages in Israel that I was directing. When I had finished speaking I was asked a familiar array of questions, mainly concerned with logistical and methodological issues. Then Dominic raised his hand and asked, ‘What difference does the fact that you are a sociologist make to your leadership and development of a project like this?’
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Sugden, J. (2013). The Ripple Effect: Critical Pragmatism, Conflict Resolution and Peace Building through Sport in Deeply Divided Societies. In: Schulenkorf, N., Adair, D. (eds) Global Sport-for-Development. Global Culture and Sport Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137289636_5
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