Politics and Sport

Houlihan, Barrie

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“…In spite of this, it appears that the diplomatic significance of the Commonwealth Games did not increase until later. It is believed that when the Commonwealth of Nations began to lose its position in global politics, the significance of the 39 Commonwealth Games began to grow (Houlihan, 2000). This leads us to the conclusion that, as in other forms of positive sports diplomacy that aim to bring countries closer together, an activity directed at increasing sports bonds could also indirectly affect political ties.…”

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The Commonwealth Games as an Example of Bringing States Closer Through Sport

Kobierecki

2017

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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The Commonwealth Games as an Example of Bringing States Closer Through Sport

Kobierecki

2017

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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EU-Centric Governance in Sport? The Slovenian Experience with the White Paper Process

Lipicer

2007

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A synthesis of existing academic, expert and everyday practical political literature demonstrates that we can trace many different approaches to the phenomena of governance. Based on the political sciences, particularly policy literature, the governance concept is most frequently connected with an analysis of the relations between actors or institutions of the state and society at different political levels. Use of the governance concept is also becoming increasingly popular when discussing sports issues, especially when the multi-level or global sport perspective is in question. This article aims to confront the national perspectives and understandings of, as well as attempts at, sports governance, in relation to multi-level ones. This refers specifically the EU, because over the last few years, not only have states expanded their traditional concerns with health and social security to encompass leisure and cultural life, including sport, but the EU has also implemented different activities concerning sport issues. This particularly emphasises the extent and importance of the relations that key national policy actors have established with themselves and especially towards supra-national (EU) actors in the processes of creating common EU sports policy directions as part of preparing the White Paper on Sport (2007). It does this by analysing the available official documents, records and statistics relating to the issue, as well as interviews conducted in spring 2007 with representatives of the state and sports-governing bodies in Slovenia. The conclusions of the analysis indicate a predominantly EU-centric type of multi-level governance approach and make some observations about the EU’s future development and how this could impact the development of (sub)national sports policy.

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Deporte e identidad, o sobre cómo definirnos

Caspistegui

2013

Hist. Comun. Soc.

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ResumenEste artículo trata de mostrar, a través de diversos ejemplos, la importancia del deporte en la configuración de los niveles identitarios en los que se han movido los seres humanos desde el siglo XIX. La asociación con el nacionalismo, regímenes totalitarios y dictaduras, no ha desgastado la capacidad de los deportes para vincular a las comunidades. En muchas ocasiones, esa capacidad integradora tiene un importante carácter defensivo, lo que impide considerar las prácticas deportivas como mero reflejo de la modernidad. De ahí la necesidad de buscar la historización de las identidades deportivas, contextualizando y buscando el análisis interdisciplinar para evitar visiones reduccionistas.Palabras clave: Deporte; identidad; modernidad defensiva; nación. Sport and identity, or how to define ourselves AbstractThis article tries to show through various examples, the significance of sport in the shaping of human beings' identities since the nineteenth century. The association with nationalism, totalitarian regimes and dictatorships, has not eroded the ability of sport to connect communities. In many cases, this inclusiveness has an important defensive feeling, preventing to consider sports practices as a mere reflection of modernity. Hence the need to historicize sporting identities, contextualizing and seeking interdisciplinary analysis to avoid reductionist views.

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Politics and Sport

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The Commonwealth Games as an Example of Bringing States Closer Through Sport

The Commonwealth Games as an Example of Bringing States Closer Through Sport

EU-Centric Governance in Sport? The Slovenian Experience with the White Paper Process

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