TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kruger,Arnd
AU  - Riordan,James
TI  - European Cultures in Sport: Examining the nations and regions
T2  - European Studies
SN  - 9781841508801
AV  - GV706.35 -- .E97 2003eb 
U1  - 306.483 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Bristol
PB  - Intellect Books Ltd
KW  - Sports -- Europe
KW  - Sports -- Sociological aspects
KW  - Sports and state -- Europe
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Preliminaries -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- England and Wales -- Scotland -- Denmark -- Germany -- The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe -- France -- Spain -- Italy
N2  - 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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