A Study on the Impact of the Expansion of Global Sport on Developing Countries

The Case of the Melanesia Region

Abstract

Despite the fact that recent sociology has developed a series of arguments about global sport, little attention has been given to the study of the impact on developing countries of the expansion of global sport. In order to consider the significance and the problems of global sport in developing countries, this paper deals with the case of the Republic of Vanuatu in the Melanesia region.
When we examine the ongoing debate on sport and globalization, there is no disagreement on the recent tendency towards sport diversification. However, as there are many phases of global sport around the world, it would be unwise to generalize on global sport without in-depth field research in developing countries.
This essay concludes that there is a need to create a reservoir of ethnographic research, which pays special attention to understanding the impact of global sport on developing countries.