Promoting Scotland, Diplomacy and Influence through Sport

Bibliographic Data

ID12286342
AuthorsG Jarvie (0000-0001-6044-4111, Bond University, corresponding author), Stuart Murray (0000-0003-2996-1908, Bond University), Stuart Macdonald (0000-0003-0939-1602, Bond University)
Year2017
Volume26
Issue1
Pages1-22
Publication date2017-01-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScottish Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0966-0356 • E-ISSN: 2053-888X
PublisherEdinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3366/scot.2017.0161
OpenAlexW2465148134
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited22

Sport is being used by a number of countries to raise profile, and create influence. Sports diplomacy has an increasing presence in terms of theory, practice and evidence within international relations. Sports diplomacy may occur both within sport and through sport. The channels through which this is facilitated are complex. Scotland has much to learn from places such as Australia that have put in place a dedicated four-year sports diplomacy strategy. The article sets out to answer key questions and doing so suggests that Scottish sport is capable of making the art of the possible, possible, but that Scotland has yet to grasp the opportunities provided by sport's global currency. The article concludes by making six recommendations

Currency · Diplomacy · Economics · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of sport · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports and Physical Education Studies · Sports, Gender, and Society

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