Sport and globalization: Power games and a New World order

Gerald R. Gems, Gertrud Ursula Pfister

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Abstract

The authors describe, analyze and evaluate sport related globalization processes with a focus on transnationalism, colonialism, imperialism, and, more generally, geopolitical developments. They provide a variety of theoretical frameworks as they explore the emergence of modern sport and its dissemination around the world. In spite of resistance by the adherents of gymnastics or traditional movement cultures, sport with its focus on competition and records became popular all over the world. Both Great Britain and the United States induced their political and cultural hegemony via the soft power of modern sport which caused reactions, e.g. resistances or adaptations of indigenous, colonized, and other affected populations.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftMovement and Sports Sciences - Science et Motricite
Vol/bind2014
Udgave nummer86
Sider (fra-til)51-60
Antal sider10
ISSN2118-5735
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2014

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