ABSTRACT
The sport for development and peace (SDP) sector receives considerable attention in research devoted to sport and the arena of international politics (e.g. Darnell 2010; Coalter 2007; Schulenkorf and Adair 2014). From its loose beginnings in the early to mid-1990s (Kidd 2008) the SDP sector now warrants serious attention from a variety of multilateral institutions. Kidd (2008) suggests that the current SDP movement reects a long-standing interest in the use of sport for social change, but he argues that it is unique from other one-o endeavours because of:
the rapid explosion of the agencies and organization that are involved . . . the financial support it enjoys from the powerful international sports federations, and the extent to which it has been championed by the United Nations, its agencies and significant partners.
