This book examines the political significance of sport and its importance for nation-state building and political and economic transition across thirteen post-Soviet and post-socialist countries, primarily located in Eastern Europe.
This book examines the political significance of sport and its importance for nation-state building and political and economic transition across thirteen post-Soviet and post-socialist countries, primarily located in Eastern Europe.
Ekain Rojo-Labaien teaches at the University of Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain, and he is a member of the Nor Research Group. He completed ten months of fieldwork in 2015 and 2016 in Baku funded by the Erasmus Mundus Backis European Commission programme. Álvaro Rodríguez-Díaz is Professor of sociology of sport at the University of Seville, Spain, and Visiting Professor at the universities of Amsterdam, Belarusian State, Napier and Brasilia. He is a member of the Extended Board of the European Association for Sociology of Sports. Joel Rookwood is Senior Lecturer in sport business management at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. He has travelled to 170 countries including every post-Soviet and post-Socialist state. His main research interests are mega events, sport management, football fandom and sport-for-development.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Interpreting sport and transition in post-socialist and post-Soviet Europe: States, nations and markets Álvaro Rodríguez-Díaz, Joel Rookwood and Ekain Rojo-Labaien; Part I: Neoliberal Sport in post-Socialist Countries of Eastern Europe 2. The transformation of sport in post-communist Hungary: A transitology-informed approach Gyozo Molnar and Tamas Doczi; 3. The politics of sport in Poland after 1945: From socialist mass sports to market-oriented elite sports? Jacek Drozda, Krzysztof Jaskulowski and Piotr Majewski; 4. Sport as a mirror of society: The case of Croatia Sun ica Bartoluci; 5. Capacities for change: insights into the Lithuanian sports system Vilma ingien and Renatas Mizeras; Part II: Sport transition from the Socialist State to the Open Market 6. The Romanian sport system: Paths to commercialisation László Péter; 7. Playing in long shadows: Bosnian sport after Yugoslavia, socialism and war Richard Mills; 8. Sport and physical activity in post-communist Albania Philippa Velija; 9. Sport in post-socialist Ukraine Maryna Krugliak and Oleksandr Krugliak; 10. Statehood, nationalism and separatism: The role and meaning of sport in Georgia and its breakaway republics Joel Rookwood; Part III: Post-Soviet Presidentialism and Sport Mega Events 11. Sport in the political and economic transition in Belarus: state nationalism and mega events Álvaro Rodríguez-Díaz; 12. Seeking out a nation? Sport policy changes in post-Soviet Russia Vitalii Gorokhov; 13. Russia and the politics of extraverted urbanism in the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2018 FIFA World Cup Oleg Golubchikov and Sven Daniel Wolfe;14. Oil-funded sports events as the embodiment of the evolution of post-Soviet Azerbaijan Ekain Rojo-Labaien; 15. Sports politics in authoritarian regimes. The synergies of sport, ideology and personality cult in Turkmenistan Slavomir Horak; 16. Sport, transition and nation-state building: evidence from post-Soviet and post-socialist states Joel Rookwood, Ekain Rojo-Labaien and Álvaro Rodríguez-Díaz; Index
1. Interpreting sport and transition in post-socialist and post-Soviet Europe: States, nations and markets Álvaro Rodríguez-Díaz, Joel Rookwood and Ekain Rojo-Labaien; Part I: Neoliberal Sport in post-Socialist Countries of Eastern Europe 2. The transformation of sport in post-communist Hungary: A transitology-informed approach Gyozo Molnar and Tamas Doczi; 3. The politics of sport in Poland after 1945: From socialist mass sports to market-oriented elite sports? Jacek Drozda, Krzysztof Jaskulowski and Piotr Majewski; 4. Sport as a mirror of society: The case of Croatia Sun ica Bartoluci; 5. Capacities for change: insights into the Lithuanian sports system Vilma ingien and Renatas Mizeras; Part II: Sport transition from the Socialist State to the Open Market 6. The Romanian sport system: Paths to commercialisation László Péter; 7. Playing in long shadows: Bosnian sport after Yugoslavia, socialism and war Richard Mills; 8. Sport and physical activity in post-communist Albania Philippa Velija; 9. Sport in post-socialist Ukraine Maryna Krugliak and Oleksandr Krugliak; 10. Statehood, nationalism and separatism: The role and meaning of sport in Georgia and its breakaway republics Joel Rookwood; Part III: Post-Soviet Presidentialism and Sport Mega Events 11. Sport in the political and economic transition in Belarus: state nationalism and mega events Álvaro Rodríguez-Díaz; 12. Seeking out a nation? Sport policy changes in post-Soviet Russia Vitalii Gorokhov; 13. Russia and the politics of extraverted urbanism in the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2018 FIFA World Cup Oleg Golubchikov and Sven Daniel Wolfe;14. Oil-funded sports events as the embodiment of the evolution of post-Soviet Azerbaijan Ekain Rojo-Labaien; 15. Sports politics in authoritarian regimes. The synergies of sport, ideology and personality cult in Turkmenistan Slavomir Horak; 16. Sport, transition and nation-state building: evidence from post-Soviet and post-socialist states Joel Rookwood, Ekain Rojo-Labaien and Álvaro Rodríguez-Díaz; Index
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