The Politics of Sport in South Asia

Description

Behind the spectacle of entertainment, sport is a subject with political issues at every level. This book seeks to explore some aspects of the notion of power in sport in South Asia and among South Asians abroad. This book was based on two special issues of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty teaches European History at Presidency College, Kolkata. Shantanu Chakraborti specialises in Indian foreign policy, and teaches international relations at the Department of History, Calcutta University. Kingshuk Chatterjee specialises in Islamic Politics in the modern world, and teaches European History at Scottish Church College.