Sport and International Politics
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Sport and International Politics

Impact of Facism and Communism on Sport

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Sport and International Politics

Impact of Facism and Communism on Sport

About this book

Sociology and history of sport is a fast rising subject. There is a growing interest in issues associated with globalization and sport culture across European and North American boundaries. This book fills an important gap. At the forefront of new areas of research in sport studies, it deals with a significant historical period systematically and, above all, internationally. Brought together in a single volume, this work examines the shaping of sport both by the fascist and communist institutions of Europe during the interwar period. It shows how sport was used as an instrument of propaganda and psychological pressure by major political and sporting nations as well as international movements such as the Catholic Church and the International Worker Sport Movement. This volume will be a key reference for researchers and students in sports history, sports sociology, politics and European studies.

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Yes, you can access Sport and International Politics by Pierre Arnaud, Professor Jim Riordan, Pierre Arnaud,Professor Jim Riordan in PDF and/or ePUB format. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Sport—a means of national representation
  10. 2. Sport and international relations before 1918
  11. 3. The ‘Nazi Olympics’ and the American boycott controversy
  12. 4. The Foreign Office and the Football Association: British sport and appeasement, 1935–1938
  13. 5. The sports policy of the Soviet Union, 1917–1941
  14. 6. The role of sport in German international politics, 1918–1945
  15. 7. Spanish sports policy in Republican and Fascist Spain
  16. 8. French sport and the emergence of authoritarian regimes, 1919–1939
  17. 9. Italian sport and international relations under fascism
  18. 10. The Belgian Catholic gymnastic movement in its international context, 1908–1940
  19. 11. Between revolutionary demands and diplomatic necessity: The uneasy relationship between Soviet sport and worker and bourgeois sport in Europe from 1920 to 1937
  20. 12. Interwar sport and interwar relations: some conclusions
  21. Index