Few issues have engaged sport scholars more than that of race and ethnicity. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of the full sweep of approaches to the study of race, sport and ethnicity. Exploring subjects such as the global politics of racism in sport, this is essential reading for any student or researcher of sport studies.

Part I: Key Themes of Race and Ethnicity in Sport 1. Histories of Race and Ethnicity in Sports 2. Anthropology, Race and Sport 3. Philosophy, Science and Race in Sport 4. Intersections of Race and Gender in Sport 5. Policy and Management 6. Race and Sports Journalism 7. Whiteness and Race in Sport 8. Globalization, Migration and Race in Sport 9. Sport for Development and Peace: Neoliberal Global Sport and African Bodies Part II: Race and Ethnicity in Sport: Case Studies from Around the World 10. Aotearoa/New Zealand 11. Australia 12. Britain 13. European Football 14. Germany 15. Ireland and the Irish Diaspora 16. Russia 17. South Africa 18. USA 19. Race, Sport and the Post-9/11 World

John Nauright is Professor and Chair of the Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation at the University of North Texas, USA. Until May 2016 he was Professor of Sport and Leisure Management at the University of Brighton, UK. He is the author and editor of many books including the award winning Making Men: Rugby and Masculine Identity, the Routledge Companion to Sports History and Sport Around the World: History, Culture and Practice. He is currently co-editing the Routledge Handbook of Africa and Sport with Mahfoud Amara and editing the Routledge Handbook of Global Sport.

David K. Wiggins is Professor and Co-director of the Center for the Study of Sport and Leisure in Society at George Mason University, USA. He has published many articles, book chapters, edited books and monographs. His publications include Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America, The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport and Out of the Shadows: A Biographical History of African American Athletes. He is the former editor of the Journal of Sport History and an Active Fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology. With Nauright and Alan Cobley, he also co-edited Beyond C.L.R. James: Race and Ethnicity in Sport.