Sports diplomacy : origins, theory and practice / Stuart Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Stuart, author.

Contributor:

Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.

Series:

Routledge new diplomacy studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomacy.

Social aspects.

Sports and state.

History.

Sports and state--History.

Diplomacy--Social aspects.

International relations--Social aspects.

International relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 261 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

"This book offers an accessible overview of the role sport plays in international relations and diplomacy. Sports diplomacy has previously been defined as an old but under-studied aspect of the estranged relations between peoples, nations and states. These days, it is better understood as the conscious, strategic and ongoing use of sport, sportspeople and sporting events by state and non-state actors to advance policy, trade, development, education, image, reputation, brand, and people-to-people links. In order to better understand the many occasions where sport and diplomacy overlap, this book presents four new, inter-disciplinary and theoretical categories of sports diplomacy: traditional, 'new', sport-as-diplomacy, and sports anti-diplomacy. These categories are further validated by a large number of case studies, ranging from the Ancient Olympiad to the recent appearance of esoteric, government sports diplomacy strategies, and beyond, to the activities of non-state sporting actors such as F.C. Barcelona, Colin Kaepernick and the digital world of e-sports. As a result, the landscape of sports diplomacy becomes clearer, as do the pitfalls and limitations of using sport as a diplomatic tool. This book will be of much interest to students of diplomacy, foreign policy, sports studies, and International Relations in general."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sport, diplomacy and traditional sports diplomacy

Sports diplomacy in the plural, twenty-first century

Non-state sporting actors and diplomacy

The dark side of international sport.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.

ISBN:

9780815356905

0815356900

OCLC:

1012342922