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Using sport as a tool to promote peace and reduce conflict Free access to a themed issue of Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research on 'Sport, aggression, conflict and peace' (until 13 December 2013) Read the issue at: www.emeraldinsight.com/tk/sport/aggression <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/tk/sport/aggression> Read a press release about the issue at: http://bit.ly/1aI6zc7 The power of sport is showcased by five new research papers published in a special issue of the Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research. The studies demonstrate the power and cultural significance of sport and how it can be employed to contribute to the building of networks, the enhancement of cultural traditions, the acquisition of skills and the overall empowerment of communities. Papers in the issue: Moving toward trust and partnership: an example of sport-related community-based participatory action research with Aboriginal people and mainstream academics<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1759-6599&volume=5&issue=4&articleid=17097708&show=abstract> Robert J. Schinke, Kerry R. McGannon, Jack Watson, Rebecca Busanich Cricket, violence and social conflict: an Eliasian examination<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1759-6599&volume=5&issue=4&articleid=17097709&show=abstract> Dominic Malcolm Sport, the Northern Ireland peace process, and the politics of identity<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1759-6599&volume=5&issue=4&articleid=17097710&show=abstract> Alan Bairner Building from Beslan: examining an NGO community sport initiative in Russia and its capacity to promote peace amongst victims of terrorism<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1759-6599&volume=5&issue=4&articleid=17097711&show=abstract> Joel Rookwood The effects of three Israeli sports programs on attitudes of Arabs and Jews toward one another<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1759-6599&volume=5&issue=4&articleid=17097712&show=abstract> Yair Galily, Michael J. Leitner, Pini Shimion About the journal: 'Sport, aggression, conflict and peace' is published as Volume 5, Issue 4 of the Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research. More information on the journal can be found at: www.emeraldinsight.com/jacpr.htm<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/jacpr.htm>