More Than a Game: Sports and Politics (Contributions in Political Science)
(Book #217 in the Contributions in Political Science Series)
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Despite the increasing importance and politicization of sport, Western scholars have only recently begun to consider it as a subject worthy of serious study and research. Martin Vinokur contends that sport has become an increasingly pervasive and visibly central element in Western culture and that its function as a political tool is likely to grow still more in the 1990s, as governments realize the full value of sports to the political socialization process. He shows how the German Democratic Republic and Romania in particular have used sports to help achieve their political goals. This national emphasis on sports is then contrasted to the Western governments' approach. Finally, Vinokur focuses on the 1980 and 1984 Olympic boycotts and the 1988 summer games in Seoul.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0313253536
ISBN13:9780313253539
Release Date:September 1988
Publisher:Praeger
Length:169 Pages
Weight:0.89 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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