dc.contributor.author | Kobierecki, Michał Marcin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-29T12:11:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-12-29T12:11:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | M. M. Kobierecki, Boycott of the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games as an Example of Political Play-Acting of the Cold War Superpowers, "Polish Political Science Yearbook", vol. 44 (2015), s. 93-111. | pl_PL |
dc.identifier.issn | 0208-7375 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11089/15999 | |
dc.description.abstract | Sports boycott is one of the most important dimension of sport colliding with
politics. The subject of the article is the boycott of the Los Angeles Olympic
Games in 1984, one of the most spectacular boycotts, which was conducted
by communist countries.
It is widely recognized, that Los Angeles Olympics were boycotted as
a result of a similar action by Western countries towards Moscow Olympics
in 1980. However, evidence proves that there was no decision concerning communist
boycott of Los Angeles Olympics until a few months before the Games.
Preparations to the Olympics were on their way, but unexpected change of
Soviet leader resulted in the boycott.
Safety reasons were the declared reason for the boycott of the Soviet Union
and 13 other communist countries. Nevertheless, it is evident that the real
reasons were connected with the political game of USSR. The probable actual
aims were the desire to hit the first ever privately financed Olympic Games
and to make it harder for American president Ronald Raegan to be reelected.
Naturally, at least partly it was also a matter of revenge for boycotting the
Moscow Games. | pl_PL |
dc.language.iso | en | pl_PL |
dc.publisher | Adam Marszalek Publishing House | pl_PL |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Polish Political Science Yearbook;44 | |
dc.subject | Sports politics | pl_PL |
dc.subject | sports boycott | pl_PL |
dc.subject | Cold War rivalry | pl_PL |
dc.subject | Olympic Games | pl_PL |
dc.subject | politics | pl_PL |
dc.title | Boycott of the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games as an Example of Political Play-Acting of the Cold War Superpowers | pl_PL |
dc.type | Article | pl_PL |
dc.page.number | 93-111 | pl_PL |
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation | Uniwersytet Łódzki | pl_PL |
dc.contributor.authorBiographicalnote | Michał Marcin Kobierecki, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Institute of Political Studies at the Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Łódź. His research focus on the issues of politics on sport, sports diplomacy and political communication. | pl_PL |
dc.contributor.authorEmail | michal.kobierecki@gmail.com | pl_PL |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.15804/ppsy2015008 | |
dc.relation.volume | 44 | pl_PL |