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oapen-20.500.12657-633422024-03-28T08:18:56Z Sport and Development in Emerging Nations Knott, Brendon Tinaz, Cem Sports & Recreation Cultural & Social Aspects Sports & Recreation Business Aspects thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBS Sociology: sport and leisure thema EDItEUR::S Sports and Active outdoor recreation::SC Sport: general::SCB Sporting events and management::SCBM Sports management and facilities For the first time, this book examines the strategies of leaders of emerging nations to use sport as a tool for reaching social, economic, cultural, political, technological or environmental goals and gaining international prestige. It assesses whether sport can really be an effective tool in international development.The book explores the unique challenges, issues and opportunities offered by sport for development in emerging nations. Bringing together case studies of sport and development in countries including Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Poland, Qatar, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey, the book looks at policies designed to achieve development through, by and for sport, and whether they have achieved their socio-economic objectives. It considers the way that emerging nations have used major international sports events as political and developmental projects, as well as the importance of sporting infrastructure, professional leagues, participation programmes and the influence of nationalism and ideology.With a truly global perspective, this book is important reading for any student, researcher or policy-maker with interest in sport management, sport development, development studies, international economics, globalisation or political science. 2023-06-07T05:43:12Z 2023-06-07T05:43:12Z 2021 book 9780367903602 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/63342 eng application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International external_content.epub Routledge 10.4324/9781003024002 c95f58ec-1a37-46f3-834d-3b076342b33d 10.4324/9781003024002 Taylor & Francis b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780367903602 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Routledge Knowledge Unlatched open access
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For the first time, this book examines the strategies of leaders of emerging nations to use sport as a tool for reaching social, economic, cultural, political, technological or environmental goals and gaining international prestige. It assesses whether sport can really be an effective tool in international development.The book explores the unique challenges, issues and opportunities offered by sport for development in emerging nations. Bringing together case studies of sport and development in countries including Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Poland, Qatar, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey, the book looks at policies designed to achieve development through, by and for sport, and whether they have achieved their socio-economic objectives. It considers the way that emerging nations have used major international sports events as political and developmental projects, as well as the importance of sporting infrastructure, professional leagues, participation programmes and the influence of nationalism and ideology.With a truly global perspective, this book is important reading for any student, researcher or policy-maker with interest in sport management, sport development, development studies, international economics, globalisation or political science.
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