European Cultures in Sport : Examining the nations and regions.
Material type: TextSeries: European StudiesPublisher: Bristol : Intellect Books Ltd, 2001Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (167 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781841508801Subject(s): Sports -- Europe | Sports -- Sociological aspects | Sports and state -- EuropeGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: European Cultures in Sport : Examining the nations and regionsDDC classification: 306.483 LOC classification: GV706.35 -- .E97 2003ebOnline resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Preliminaries -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- England and Wales -- Scotland -- Denmark -- Germany -- The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe -- France -- Spain -- Italy.
Sport occupies a key position in the cultural profile of a nation. This study forms a comparative guide to sport across Europe, in terms of its relative political and social status, its development, and the ways in which it has contributed to national achievement. Covering sport in ten major European states, each native contributor to the study presents: a brief historical background: major sports successes, Olympic positions, sporting traditions, organisation of sport: its structure and financing, elite sport: how talent is spotted, nurtured and remunerated, sports academies, national qualification schemes, the role of science and medicine in sport,.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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