Udo Merkel
Biographic Data
| ID | 378100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Udo Merkel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Udo |
| FAMILY NAME | Merkel |
| SIGNATURE | MERKEL U |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Brighton |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4693-7013 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Hosting International Events and Promoting South Korean Identity Discourses
More than six decades after the end of the Korean War (1950–53), the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) continue to face each other across the highly fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) along the 38th parallel on the Korean peninsula. Both Korean governments continue to maintain and reinforce a pan-Korean identity amongst its respective populations. At the same time, both states need to provide its respect…
Identity Discourses and Communities in International Events, Festivals and Spectacles
This collection focuses on the multi-layered links between international events and identity discourses. With a unique line-up of international scholars, this book offers a diverse range of exciting c
The Politics of Sport and Identity in North Korea
Sixty years after the end of the Korean War (1950–1953), the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea still face each other across the highly fortified Demilitarised Zone along the thirty-eighth parallel on the Korean peninsula. Since then, both Korean states have always proclaimed eventual unification of the divided people as a high-priority political objective. However, due to a large number of insurmountable political ba…
Power, Politics and International Events
Although the event management field has grown considerably over the last decade, critical, social-scientific studies of the international events industry are rare. This book intends to help fill this void. It focuses on power, social and political relations, conflicts and controversies in the context of international events, popular festivals and famous spectacles. It draws on recent primary research and offers a diverse range of new and intrigui…
Flags, Feuds and Frictions
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with 51 athletes. They won a total of six medals and finished 20th in the overall medal table. However, most observers of the London 2012 Olympics will not remember North Korea's athletic successes but the flag blunder that kicked the Games off with a diplomatic row. On the first day, the South Korean flag was accidentally displayed next to the faces of t…
The Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance Arirang’ (2002–2012)
In accordance to Kim Il-sung's Juche philosophy that advocates independence, self-reliance and self-sufficiency, North Korea continues to remain one of the most reclusive and least globalised countries in the world. The country's response to the ongoing globalisation of sport, however, is less dogmatic but pragmatic, and resembles a delicate balancing act. On the one hand, it rejects and resists this process and on the other hand, it appropriates…
German football culture in the new millennium
Germany sent its most ethnically diverse team ever to Poland and Ukraine to compete in Euro 2012. Over the last six years, the Germany manager, Joachim Löw, has not only revitalized and rejuvenated his squad but also included a considerable number of players with foreign roots and from ethnic minorities. This ethnic and cultural diversity of the current German national side is the result of some major policy changes in the country at the turn of …
Power, Politics and International Events
Although the event management field has grown considerably over the last decade, critical, social-scientific studies of the international events industry are rare. This book intends to help fill this void. It focuses on power, social and political relations, conflicts and controversies in the context of international events, popular festivals and famous spectacles. It draws on recent primary research and offers a diverse range of new and intrigui…
Football fans and clubs in Germany
In 2005, the economic value of the football industry in Germany was estimated at around e5 billion. At the end of the 2009/2010 season, the 18 Bundesliga clubs registered a combined turnover of just over e2 billion. As in many other countries, the largest proportion of the clubs’ income derives from sponsors, fans, the sale of TV rights and merchandising. This chapter provides a short overview of the relatively late formation of the commercial ax…
North Korean Media Accounts of the Olympic and Asian Games
Prior to the 1988 Seoul Olympics, ideological tensions and conflicts frequently overshadowed international sports events as, for example, both South Korea (ROK) and North Korea (DPRK) tried to exploit these occasions to prove the superiority of their political systems and beliefs. South Korea was originally awarded the right to host the 6th Asian Games in 1970. However, for a number of reasons, including security threats from North Korea, the Gam…
Sport and Physical Culture in North Korea
There is little doubt that the globalization process has developed unevenly across time and space. This is most pronounced in the context of North Korea, one of the very few remaining communist societies, which has been isolated from the rest of the world since the end of the Korean War in 1953. This paper explores the impact of globalization on sport and physical culture in North Korea. Although North Korea categorically rejects globalization, j…
Third time lucky!? PyeongChang's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics–politics, policy and practice
In July 2011, the International Olympic Committee awarded PyeongChang the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. This means that within two decades South Korea will have staged three mega sport events: the Summer Olympics in Seoul in 1988, the Soccer World Cup (together with Japan) in 2002 and the Winter Olympics in 2018. Whilst the bidding for the Seoul Olympics was fairly straightforward, the tendering for the FIFA World Cup was much more comp…
Bigger than Beijing 2008
More than six decades after the end of the Second World War, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) still face each other across the highly fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where the Cold War proved more frigid than anywhere else in the world. In both Korean states, reunification is a high priority political goal and a prominent element of the political and public discourses. However, it is currently a …
Sport, Politics and Reunification – A Comparative Analysis of Korea and Germany
Sport is a double-edged sword: it has the potential to bring divided nations together but it can also cause or exacerbate tensions and conflicts. Sport events not only provide a stage for political rivalries but also increase understanding, celebrate commonalities, facilitate cooperation and bridge differences. This paper critically compares the use of sport as a foreign policy tool in two politically divided societies: Korea and Germany. The com…
The Politics of Sport Diplomacy and Reunification in Divided Korea
This article examines the use of sport as a foreign policy and diplomatic tool on the politically divided Korean peninsula. The recent increase in sport exchanges between the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the south and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the north offer a unique opportunity to analyse the changing role and efficacy of contemporary sport diplomacy. The research investigates and critically evaluates the political agend…
Milestones in the Development of Football Fandom in Germany
This paper provides a systematic and chronological account of the development of football fandom in Germany focussing upon the social and cultural changes both the sport and the spectators have gone through. After a short analysis of the working class origins of German fan culture, the paper deals with several significant post‐World War II developments, in particular the impact and significance of winning the first World Cup title 1954 and the ch…
The 1974 and 2006 World Cups in Germany
This essay intends to provide a comparative analysis of key social, political and cultural issues on the German agenda in the build‐up to the two World Cups in 1974 and 2006 and to identify commonalities, continuities and differences between them. In order to fully understand the social, political and cultural significance of these two World Cups, four crucial issues need to be addressed: first, the relatively late commercialization and professio…
The Politics of Physical Culture and German Nationalism
The 2002 Soccer World Cup in Japan took place during the finalphase of the national election campaign for the German Bundestagand managed to temporarily unite Chancellor Gerhard Schröder(SPD) and his conservative challenger, Edmund Stoiber1. Both werekeen to demonstrate repeatedly that they were so interested in theprogress of the German team that they simultaneously interrupted orleft meetings to follow televised matches. Domestically, they supp…
The hidden social and political history of the German football association (DFB), 1900–50
In an attempt to present itself as an apolitical organization, leading members of the German Football Association (DFB) have repeatedly argued over the last 100 years that football and politics have to be kept apart. Consequently, there has never been a critical self‐appraisal of the DFB analysing its political history. Instead the DFB's commemorative publications to its centenary are full of anecdotes, glossy pictures, statistical material and d…
Football Identity and Youth Culture in Germany
Germany has a remarkable record in World Cup tournaments, having finished as champions on three occasions (1954 in Switzerland, 1974 in Germany and 1990 in Italy). Germany has also won the European Championships three times, most recently in 1996. German football, at the domestic level, is equally global in its horizons, the Bundesliga (first division) currently has about 100 foreign players, not only from the ‘traditional’ football nations, e.g.…
Football fans and clubs in Germany
In 2005, the economic value of the football industry in Germany was estimated at around e5 billion. At the end of the 2009/2010 season, the 18 Bundesliga clubs registered a combined turnover of just over e2 billion. As in many other countries, the largest proportion of the clubs’ income derives from sponsors, fans, the sale of TV rights and merchandising. This chapter provides a short overview of the relatively late formation of the commercial ax…
German football culture in the new millennium
Germany sent its most ethnically diverse team ever to Poland and Ukraine to compete in Euro 2012. Over the last six years, the Germany manager, Joachim Löw, has not only revitalized and rejuvenated his squad but also included a considerable number of players with foreign roots and from ethnic minorities. This ethnic and cultural diversity of the current German national side is the result of some major policy changes in the country at the turn of …
Milestones in the Development of Football Fandom in Germany
This paper provides a systematic and chronological account of the development of football fandom in Germany focussing upon the social and cultural changes both the sport and the spectators have gone through. After a short analysis of the working class origins of German fan culture, the paper deals with several significant post‐World War II developments, in particular the impact and significance of winning the first World Cup title 1954 and the ch…
The Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance Arirang’ (2002–2012)
In accordance to Kim Il-sung's Juche philosophy that advocates independence, self-reliance and self-sufficiency, North Korea continues to remain one of the most reclusive and least globalised countries in the world. The country's response to the ongoing globalisation of sport, however, is less dogmatic but pragmatic, and resembles a delicate balancing act. On the one hand, it rejects and resists this process and on the other hand, it appropriates…
Third time lucky!? PyeongChang's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics–politics, policy and practice
In July 2011, the International Olympic Committee awarded PyeongChang the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. This means that within two decades South Korea will have staged three mega sport events: the Summer Olympics in Seoul in 1988, the Soccer World Cup (together with Japan) in 2002 and the Winter Olympics in 2018. Whilst the bidding for the Seoul Olympics was fairly straightforward, the tendering for the FIFA World Cup was much more comp…
The Politics of Sport Diplomacy and Reunification in Divided Korea
This article examines the use of sport as a foreign policy and diplomatic tool on the politically divided Korean peninsula. The recent increase in sport exchanges between the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the south and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the north offer a unique opportunity to analyse the changing role and efficacy of contemporary sport diplomacy. The research investigates and critically evaluates the political agend…
The Politics of Sport and Identity in North Korea
Sixty years after the end of the Korean War (1950–1953), the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea still face each other across the highly fortified Demilitarised Zone along the thirty-eighth parallel on the Korean peninsula. Since then, both Korean states have always proclaimed eventual unification of the divided people as a high-priority political objective. However, due to a large number of insurmountable political ba…
The 1974 and 2006 World Cups in Germany
This essay intends to provide a comparative analysis of key social, political and cultural issues on the German agenda in the build‐up to the two World Cups in 1974 and 2006 and to identify commonalities, continuities and differences between them. In order to fully understand the social, political and cultural significance of these two World Cups, four crucial issues need to be addressed: first, the relatively late commercialization and professio…
Sport and Physical Culture in North Korea
There is little doubt that the globalization process has developed unevenly across time and space. This is most pronounced in the context of North Korea, one of the very few remaining communist societies, which has been isolated from the rest of the world since the end of the Korean War in 1953. This paper explores the impact of globalization on sport and physical culture in North Korea. Although North Korea categorically rejects globalization, j…
Bigger than Beijing 2008
More than six decades after the end of the Second World War, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) still face each other across the highly fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where the Cold War proved more frigid than anywhere else in the world. In both Korean states, reunification is a high priority political goal and a prominent element of the political and public discourses. However, it is currently a …
Sport, Politics and Reunification – A Comparative Analysis of Korea and Germany
Sport is a double-edged sword: it has the potential to bring divided nations together but it can also cause or exacerbate tensions and conflicts. Sport events not only provide a stage for political rivalries but also increase understanding, celebrate commonalities, facilitate cooperation and bridge differences. This paper critically compares the use of sport as a foreign policy tool in two politically divided societies: Korea and Germany. The com…
The Politics of Physical Culture and German Nationalism
The 2002 Soccer World Cup in Japan took place during the finalphase of the national election campaign for the German Bundestagand managed to temporarily unite Chancellor Gerhard Schröder(SPD) and his conservative challenger, Edmund Stoiber1. Both werekeen to demonstrate repeatedly that they were so interested in theprogress of the German team that they simultaneously interrupted orleft meetings to follow televised matches. Domestically, they supp…
North Korean Media Accounts of the Olympic and Asian Games
Prior to the 1988 Seoul Olympics, ideological tensions and conflicts frequently overshadowed international sports events as, for example, both South Korea (ROK) and North Korea (DPRK) tried to exploit these occasions to prove the superiority of their political systems and beliefs. South Korea was originally awarded the right to host the 6th Asian Games in 1970. However, for a number of reasons, including security threats from North Korea, the Gam…
The hidden social and political history of the German football association (DFB), 1900–50
In an attempt to present itself as an apolitical organization, leading members of the German Football Association (DFB) have repeatedly argued over the last 100 years that football and politics have to be kept apart. Consequently, there has never been a critical self‐appraisal of the DFB analysing its political history. Instead the DFB's commemorative publications to its centenary are full of anecdotes, glossy pictures, statistical material and d…
Football Identity and Youth Culture in Germany
Germany has a remarkable record in World Cup tournaments, having finished as champions on three occasions (1954 in Switzerland, 1974 in Germany and 1990 in Italy). Germany has also won the European Championships three times, most recently in 1996. German football, at the domestic level, is equally global in its horizons, the Bundesliga (first division) currently has about 100 foreign players, not only from the ‘traditional’ football nations, e.g.…
The hidden social and political history of the German football association (DFB), 1900–50
In an attempt to present itself as an apolitical organization, leading members of the German Football Association (DFB) have repeatedly argued over the last 100 years that football and politics have to be kept apart. Consequently, there has never been a critical self‐appraisal of the DFB analysing its political history. Instead the DFB's commemorative publications to its centenary are full of anecdotes, glossy pictures, statistical material and d…
The Politics of Physical Culture and German Nationalism
The 2002 Soccer World Cup in Japan took place during the finalphase of the national election campaign for the German Bundestagand managed to temporarily unite Chancellor Gerhard Schröder(SPD) and his conservative challenger, Edmund Stoiber1. Both werekeen to demonstrate repeatedly that they were so interested in theprogress of the German team that they simultaneously interrupted orleft meetings to follow televised matches. Domestically, they supp…
The 1974 and 2006 World Cups in Germany
This essay intends to provide a comparative analysis of key social, political and cultural issues on the German agenda in the build‐up to the two World Cups in 1974 and 2006 and to identify commonalities, continuities and differences between them. In order to fully understand the social, political and cultural significance of these two World Cups, four crucial issues need to be addressed: first, the relatively late commercialization and professio…
Milestones in the Development of Football Fandom in Germany
This paper provides a systematic and chronological account of the development of football fandom in Germany focussing upon the social and cultural changes both the sport and the spectators have gone through. After a short analysis of the working class origins of German fan culture, the paper deals with several significant post‐World War II developments, in particular the impact and significance of winning the first World Cup title 1954 and the ch…
The Politics of Sport Diplomacy and Reunification in Divided Korea
This article examines the use of sport as a foreign policy and diplomatic tool on the politically divided Korean peninsula. The recent increase in sport exchanges between the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the south and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the north offer a unique opportunity to analyse the changing role and efficacy of contemporary sport diplomacy. The research investigates and critically evaluates the political agend…
Sport, Politics and Reunification – A Comparative Analysis of Korea and Germany
Sport is a double-edged sword: it has the potential to bring divided nations together but it can also cause or exacerbate tensions and conflicts. Sport events not only provide a stage for political rivalries but also increase understanding, celebrate commonalities, facilitate cooperation and bridge differences. This paper critically compares the use of sport as a foreign policy tool in two politically divided societies: Korea and Germany. The com…
Bigger than Beijing 2008
More than six decades after the end of the Second World War, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) still face each other across the highly fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where the Cold War proved more frigid than anywhere else in the world. In both Korean states, reunification is a high priority political goal and a prominent element of the political and public discourses. However, it is currently a …
Third time lucky!? PyeongChang's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics–politics, policy and practice
In July 2011, the International Olympic Committee awarded PyeongChang the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. This means that within two decades South Korea will have staged three mega sport events: the Summer Olympics in Seoul in 1988, the Soccer World Cup (together with Japan) in 2002 and the Winter Olympics in 2018. Whilst the bidding for the Seoul Olympics was fairly straightforward, the tendering for the FIFA World Cup was much more comp…
Football fans and clubs in Germany
In 2005, the economic value of the football industry in Germany was estimated at around e5 billion. At the end of the 2009/2010 season, the 18 Bundesliga clubs registered a combined turnover of just over e2 billion. As in many other countries, the largest proportion of the clubs’ income derives from sponsors, fans, the sale of TV rights and merchandising. This chapter provides a short overview of the relatively late formation of the commercial ax…
North Korean Media Accounts of the Olympic and Asian Games
Prior to the 1988 Seoul Olympics, ideological tensions and conflicts frequently overshadowed international sports events as, for example, both South Korea (ROK) and North Korea (DPRK) tried to exploit these occasions to prove the superiority of their political systems and beliefs. South Korea was originally awarded the right to host the 6th Asian Games in 1970. However, for a number of reasons, including security threats from North Korea, the Gam…
Sport and Physical Culture in North Korea
There is little doubt that the globalization process has developed unevenly across time and space. This is most pronounced in the context of North Korea, one of the very few remaining communist societies, which has been isolated from the rest of the world since the end of the Korean War in 1953. This paper explores the impact of globalization on sport and physical culture in North Korea. Although North Korea categorically rejects globalization, j…
Power, Politics and International Events
Although the event management field has grown considerably over the last decade, critical, social-scientific studies of the international events industry are rare. This book intends to help fill this void. It focuses on power, social and political relations, conflicts and controversies in the context of international events, popular festivals and famous spectacles. It draws on recent primary research and offers a diverse range of new and intrigui…
Flags, Feuds and Frictions
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with 51 athletes. They won a total of six medals and finished 20th in the overall medal table. However, most observers of the London 2012 Olympics will not remember North Korea's athletic successes but the flag blunder that kicked the Games off with a diplomatic row. On the first day, the South Korean flag was accidentally displayed next to the faces of t…
The Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance Arirang’ (2002–2012)
In accordance to Kim Il-sung's Juche philosophy that advocates independence, self-reliance and self-sufficiency, North Korea continues to remain one of the most reclusive and least globalised countries in the world. The country's response to the ongoing globalisation of sport, however, is less dogmatic but pragmatic, and resembles a delicate balancing act. On the one hand, it rejects and resists this process and on the other hand, it appropriates…
German football culture in the new millennium
Germany sent its most ethnically diverse team ever to Poland and Ukraine to compete in Euro 2012. Over the last six years, the Germany manager, Joachim Löw, has not only revitalized and rejuvenated his squad but also included a considerable number of players with foreign roots and from ethnic minorities. This ethnic and cultural diversity of the current German national side is the result of some major policy changes in the country at the turn of …
Power, Politics and International Events
Although the event management field has grown considerably over the last decade, critical, social-scientific studies of the international events industry are rare. This book intends to help fill this void. It focuses on power, social and political relations, conflicts and controversies in the context of international events, popular festivals and famous spectacles. It draws on recent primary research and offers a diverse range of new and intrigui…
The Politics of Sport and Identity in North Korea
Sixty years after the end of the Korean War (1950–1953), the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea still face each other across the highly fortified Demilitarised Zone along the thirty-eighth parallel on the Korean peninsula. Since then, both Korean states have always proclaimed eventual unification of the divided people as a high-priority political objective. However, due to a large number of insurmountable political ba…
Identity Discourses and Communities in International Events, Festivals and Spectacles
This collection focuses on the multi-layered links between international events and identity discourses. With a unique line-up of international scholars, this book offers a diverse range of exciting c
Hosting International Events and Promoting South Korean Identity Discourses
More than six decades after the end of the Korean War (1950–53), the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) continue to face each other across the highly fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) along the 38th parallel on the Korean peninsula. Both Korean governments continue to maintain and reinforce a pan-Korean identity amongst its respective populations. At the same time, both states need to provide its respect…
Political science (19 works) · Law (18 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Politics (15 works) · Law (14 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (12 works) · History (11 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (10 works) · History (9 works) · Political economy (9 works)