Gyöngyi Szabó Földesi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4151693 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gyöngyi Szabó Földesi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gyöngyi Szabó |
| FAMILY NAME | Földesi |
| SIGNATURE | FÖLDESI G S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Semmelweis University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Declared Pedagogical Values of Coaches at Hungarian Football Academies
This paper is based on empirical research that was carried out in the total population of the coaches employed at Hungarian football academies (N=196). The main objectives of the investigation were to reveal the coaches’ opinions about some major pedagogical views and to discover whether they realize their declared pedagogical values or not. The methods for collecting the data were a self-administered questionnaire, analysis of documents, and sem…
Talent Selection and Management in View of Relative Age: The Case of Swimming
Based on our empirical research, through the analysis of the birthdates of young competitive swimmers, the present paper aims to examine the system of talent selection and management in Hungarian competitive swimming complemented with a new element. The research population consisted of the registered junior competitive swimmers participating in the new talent management program of the Hungarian Swimming Association (N=235; average age: 11.44) due…
Gyöngyi Szabó Földesi as Scientist and University Teacher in Hungarian and International Perspective
This is the third article of the cycle of portraits of the members of the Editorial Board and Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research, who are eminent social scientists researching the issue of sport. Among them, there are many world-class professors, rectors and deans of excellent universities, founders, presidents and secretaries-general of continental and international scientific societies and e…
Effects of Regional Inequalities on the Sporting Activity of School Pupils: The Hungarian Case
In this study, the sporting activity of Hungarian school pupils is investigated with a focus on regional differences. The objective of the paper is to answer the following questions: Are there regional differences in pupils’ sporting activity, and, if yes, what is their relationship with the socio-cultural background of the pupils and the infrastructural and staffing conditions of schools? Has the 2012 introduction of daily physical education had…
Assessing the sociology of sport: On world inequalities and unequal development
On the 50th anniversary of the ISSA and IRSS, a key foundational scholar to the development of the sociology of sport in Eastern Europe and the internationalization of the ISSA, Gyongyi Foldesi, considers the development of the sociology of sport in Eastern Europe. Foldesi considers the struggles of the sub-discipline in this setting, noting in particular distinctions in development from 'sport sociology' to 'sociology of sport' as studies increa…
The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Sport
The current economic crisis is the worst one in decades; it is surely the worst one the world has experienced since the Great Depression in the 1930s. Although it has affected countries with different positions in the global village in different ways and to different degrees, it has had worldwide consequences in most sub-systems of societies, including sport. These are hot issues in management and in everyday practice; still, relatively little at…
Social Exclusion/Inclusion in the Context of Hungarian Sport
Social Exclusion/Inclusion in the Context of Hungarian Sport Similar to international trends, this investigation of social exclusion/inclusion from sport was preceded by studying the impact of poverty on sport participation in Hungary. Research was made on inequality of chances and on the disadvantaged position of the lower classes in sport, even in state socialism. Following the transformation of the political regime in 1989-1990, there was a gr…
Can We Talk about European Public Policy in the Field of Sport
Can We Talk about European Public Policy in the Field of Sport? Despite the continuous deepening, development and enlargement, the members of the European Union still diverge in their policies and have to find a way to diminish this divergence. The social, economical and cultural significance of sport is well known in the whole of Europe. Accordingly, in the recent past, the various institutions of the European Union have come to pay more attenti…
Post-transformational Trends in Hungarian Sport (1995-2004)
Post-transformational Trends in Hungarian Sport (1995-2004) The radical political and economic changes of 1989-1990 in Hungary affected all societal subsystems. In sport there was neither revolution from below nor relevant reforms from above prior to the regime change. The aim of this paper is to present the further development that are the post-transformational trends in Hungarian sport. The topic is approached from modernization perspectives. T…
Class or Mass: Sport (for All) Politics at a Crossroads
Class or Mass: Sport (for All) Politics at a Crossroads Hungarian sport politics has long tradition not to accomplish the — otherwise ideal — objectives declared in the overall sport conception for the same period. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the contemporary National Sports Strategies, the contradictory character of their realization and some major conditions of the improvement of all Hungarians' involvement in sport. By way of intro…
Post-transformational trends in Hungarian sport (1995-2004)
The radical political and economic changes of 1989-1990 in Hungary affected all societal subsystems. In sport, there was no revolution from below, nor were there relevant reforms from above prior to the regime change. The aim of this article is to reveal the further development that is demonstrated by the post-transformational trends in Hungarian sport. The topic is approached from modernization perspectives. The information for the study was gai…
Social Status and Mobility of Hungarian Elite Athletes
Social and Demographic Characteristics of Hungarian Football Fans and their Motivations for Attending Matches
Since football, as the most popular sport, had special political functions in Hungary, the spectators enjoyed surprisingly high degree of freedom. However, their behavior was not allowed to report on either by researchers or journalists. This paper is based on an empirical survey that was ever carried out on this topic in the Eastern European region. The aim of the contribution is to give information about the main social and demographic characte…
East-West: The Practise of Sports as Revealing Aspects of French and Hungarian Societies
The same sociological study was carried out in Hungary and in France (C. Louveau and M. Metoudi 1987
Introduction to Olympism in Sport Sociology
From Mass Sport to the "Sport for All" Movement in the "Socialist" Countries in Eastern Europe
Modern societies face a new problem: they have to spread sporting activities for all citizens without having institutions suitable for it. Depending on political, economic and cultural circumstances the individual states provide different answers to this challenge. This paper studies how countries in the Eastern Bloc promoted their population's physical activity. In the first part political and social backgrounds are discussed. The author argues …
Post-transformational trends in Hungarian sport (1995-2004)
The radical political and economic changes of 1989-1990 in Hungary affected all societal subsystems. In sport, there was no revolution from below, nor were there relevant reforms from above prior to the regime change. The aim of this article is to reveal the further development that is demonstrated by the post-transformational trends in Hungarian sport. The topic is approached from modernization perspectives. The information for the study was gai…
The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Sport
The current economic crisis is the worst one in decades; it is surely the worst one the world has experienced since the Great Depression in the 1930s. Although it has affected countries with different positions in the global village in different ways and to different degrees, it has had worldwide consequences in most sub-systems of societies, including sport. These are hot issues in management and in everyday practice; still, relatively little at…
Declared Pedagogical Values of Coaches at Hungarian Football Academies
This paper is based on empirical research that was carried out in the total population of the coaches employed at Hungarian football academies (N=196). The main objectives of the investigation were to reveal the coaches’ opinions about some major pedagogical views and to discover whether they realize their declared pedagogical values or not. The methods for collecting the data were a self-administered questionnaire, analysis of documents, and sem…
From Mass Sport to the "Sport for All" Movement in the "Socialist" Countries in Eastern Europe
Modern societies face a new problem: they have to spread sporting activities for all citizens without having institutions suitable for it. Depending on political, economic and cultural circumstances the individual states provide different answers to this challenge. This paper studies how countries in the Eastern Bloc promoted their population's physical activity. In the first part political and social backgrounds are discussed. The author argues …
Class or Mass: Sport (for All) Politics at a Crossroads
Class or Mass: Sport (for All) Politics at a Crossroads Hungarian sport politics has long tradition not to accomplish the — otherwise ideal — objectives declared in the overall sport conception for the same period. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the contemporary National Sports Strategies, the contradictory character of their realization and some major conditions of the improvement of all Hungarians' involvement in sport. By way of intro…
Social Status and Mobility of Hungarian Elite Athletes
Social and Demographic Characteristics of Hungarian Football Fans and their Motivations for Attending Matches
Since football, as the most popular sport, had special political functions in Hungary, the spectators enjoyed surprisingly high degree of freedom. However, their behavior was not allowed to report on either by researchers or journalists. This paper is based on an empirical survey that was ever carried out on this topic in the Eastern European region. The aim of the contribution is to give information about the main social and demographic characte…
East-West: The Practise of Sports as Revealing Aspects of French and Hungarian Societies
The same sociological study was carried out in Hungary and in France (C. Louveau and M. Metoudi 1987
From Mass Sport to the "Sport for All" Movement in the "Socialist" Countries in Eastern Europe
Modern societies face a new problem: they have to spread sporting activities for all citizens without having institutions suitable for it. Depending on political, economic and cultural circumstances the individual states provide different answers to this challenge. This paper studies how countries in the Eastern Bloc promoted their population's physical activity. In the first part political and social backgrounds are discussed. The author argues …
Introduction to Olympism in Sport Sociology
East-West: The Practise of Sports as Revealing Aspects of French and Hungarian Societies
The same sociological study was carried out in Hungary and in France (C. Louveau and M. Metoudi 1987
Social and Demographic Characteristics of Hungarian Football Fans and their Motivations for Attending Matches
Since football, as the most popular sport, had special political functions in Hungary, the spectators enjoyed surprisingly high degree of freedom. However, their behavior was not allowed to report on either by researchers or journalists. This paper is based on an empirical survey that was ever carried out on this topic in the Eastern European region. The aim of the contribution is to give information about the main social and demographic characte…
Social Status and Mobility of Hungarian Elite Athletes
Post-transformational trends in Hungarian sport (1995-2004)
The radical political and economic changes of 1989-1990 in Hungary affected all societal subsystems. In sport, there was no revolution from below, nor were there relevant reforms from above prior to the regime change. The aim of this article is to reveal the further development that is demonstrated by the post-transformational trends in Hungarian sport. The topic is approached from modernization perspectives. The information for the study was gai…
Can We Talk about European Public Policy in the Field of Sport
Can We Talk about European Public Policy in the Field of Sport? Despite the continuous deepening, development and enlargement, the members of the European Union still diverge in their policies and have to find a way to diminish this divergence. The social, economical and cultural significance of sport is well known in the whole of Europe. Accordingly, in the recent past, the various institutions of the European Union have come to pay more attenti…
Post-transformational Trends in Hungarian Sport (1995-2004)
Post-transformational Trends in Hungarian Sport (1995-2004) The radical political and economic changes of 1989-1990 in Hungary affected all societal subsystems. In sport there was neither revolution from below nor relevant reforms from above prior to the regime change. The aim of this paper is to present the further development that are the post-transformational trends in Hungarian sport. The topic is approached from modernization perspectives. T…
Class or Mass: Sport (for All) Politics at a Crossroads
Class or Mass: Sport (for All) Politics at a Crossroads Hungarian sport politics has long tradition not to accomplish the — otherwise ideal — objectives declared in the overall sport conception for the same period. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the contemporary National Sports Strategies, the contradictory character of their realization and some major conditions of the improvement of all Hungarians' involvement in sport. By way of intro…
Social Exclusion/Inclusion in the Context of Hungarian Sport
Social Exclusion/Inclusion in the Context of Hungarian Sport Similar to international trends, this investigation of social exclusion/inclusion from sport was preceded by studying the impact of poverty on sport participation in Hungary. Research was made on inequality of chances and on the disadvantaged position of the lower classes in sport, even in state socialism. Following the transformation of the political regime in 1989-1990, there was a gr…
The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Sport
The current economic crisis is the worst one in decades; it is surely the worst one the world has experienced since the Great Depression in the 1930s. Although it has affected countries with different positions in the global village in different ways and to different degrees, it has had worldwide consequences in most sub-systems of societies, including sport. These are hot issues in management and in everyday practice; still, relatively little at…
Assessing the sociology of sport: On world inequalities and unequal development
On the 50th anniversary of the ISSA and IRSS, a key foundational scholar to the development of the sociology of sport in Eastern Europe and the internationalization of the ISSA, Gyongyi Foldesi, considers the development of the sociology of sport in Eastern Europe. Foldesi considers the struggles of the sub-discipline in this setting, noting in particular distinctions in development from 'sport sociology' to 'sociology of sport' as studies increa…
Effects of Regional Inequalities on the Sporting Activity of School Pupils: The Hungarian Case
In this study, the sporting activity of Hungarian school pupils is investigated with a focus on regional differences. The objective of the paper is to answer the following questions: Are there regional differences in pupils’ sporting activity, and, if yes, what is their relationship with the socio-cultural background of the pupils and the infrastructural and staffing conditions of schools? Has the 2012 introduction of daily physical education had…
Gyöngyi Szabó Földesi as Scientist and University Teacher in Hungarian and International Perspective
This is the third article of the cycle of portraits of the members of the Editorial Board and Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research, who are eminent social scientists researching the issue of sport. Among them, there are many world-class professors, rectors and deans of excellent universities, founders, presidents and secretaries-general of continental and international scientific societies and e…
Declared Pedagogical Values of Coaches at Hungarian Football Academies
This paper is based on empirical research that was carried out in the total population of the coaches employed at Hungarian football academies (N=196). The main objectives of the investigation were to reveal the coaches’ opinions about some major pedagogical views and to discover whether they realize their declared pedagogical values or not. The methods for collecting the data were a self-administered questionnaire, analysis of documents, and sem…
Talent Selection and Management in View of Relative Age: The Case of Swimming
Based on our empirical research, through the analysis of the birthdates of young competitive swimmers, the present paper aims to examine the system of talent selection and management in Hungarian competitive swimming complemented with a new element. The research population consisted of the registered junior competitive swimmers participating in the new talent management program of the Hungarian Swimming Association (N=235; average age: 11.44) due…
Sociology (15 works) · Political science (14 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (12 works) · Law (9 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Sports Analytics and Performance (6 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Social science (5 works)