| dc.contributor.author | Kobierecki, Michał Marcin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-06T09:30:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-04-06T09:30:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-04 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1899-4849 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11089/21235 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The aim of the article is to investigate the issue of positive sports diplomacy directed
at bringing countries closer and deepening cooperation between them. Generally,
sports diplomacy is a broader term and may include various ways of utilizing sport,
both negative and positive, even for the sake of nation-branding. Positive sports
diplomacy most commonly refers to bringing hostile states closer together, but it may
also be used to deepen political alliances or foster friendship and cooperation
between states that are not mutually hostile. The research focuses on the latter form
of positive sports diplomacy. The investigation is a case study concerning the
Commonwealth Games, a sports event that is held once every four years and gathers
countries and territories that used to belong to the former British Empire. The
research therefore aims to determine whether this event, the second largest multisport
event in the world, is significant from political and diplomatic perspectives. A
second research question concerns whether the Commonwealth Games should be
seen as an attempt by Great Britain to maintain influence in its former colonies. The
research attempts to test the hypothesis that the Commonwealth Games are an
important contributor to sustaining ties between states of the former British Empire. | pl_PL |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The research has been financed by the National Science Centre of Poland, project number
2015/19/D/HS5/00513. | pl_PL |
| dc.language.iso | en | pl_PL |
| dc.publisher | De Gruyter Open | pl_PL |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research;73 | |
| dc.subject | sports diplomacy | pl_PL |
| dc.subject | politics and sport | pl_PL |
| dc.subject | Commonwealth Games | pl_PL |
| dc.subject | Great Britain | pl_PL |
| dc.title | The Commonwealth Games as an Example of Bringing States Closer Through Sport | pl_PL |
| dc.type | Article | pl_PL |
| dc.page.number | 36-43 | pl_PL |
| dc.contributor.authorAffiliation | University of Lodz | pl_PL |
| dc.contributor.authorBiographicalnote | Michał Kobierecki, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Lodz. In his research he focusses on issues of sports diplomacy, sport politics, political communication, nation-branding. | pl_PL |
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| dc.contributor.authorEmail | mkobierecki@uni.lodz.pl | pl_PL |
