Anti-doping and National Politics
An Ethnography in Brazilian Anti-doping Around the Era of the Rio de Janeiro Games
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12965987 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Giordani Vasques (0000-0001-8955-9676, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, corresponding author), Ekain Zubizarreta (0000-0003-0814-5944, Université Paris Nanterre), Mauro Myskiw (0000-0003-4689-3804, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Marco Paulo Stigger (0000-0001-9014-6668, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-35 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Physical Culture and Sport Studies and Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1899-4849 • E-ISSN: 2081-2221 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter Open (PUBLISHER • PL) |
| DOI | 10.2478/pcssr-2024-0016 |
| OpenAlex | W4392895339 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This study is based on an investigation into the Brazilian anti-doping policy, with a specific focus on the establishment and operational mechanisms of the Brazilian Doping Control Authority (ABCD), under the auspices of the Ministry of Sport (ME). The objective was to describe how Brazilian national policy (general political decisions, interests of parties or particular politicians/agents) affects the fight against doping and, vice versa, how the harmonization process controlled by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) affects national sports policy. A multi-sited ethnographic study was undertaken, involving field diary practices, interviews and document analysis. Adopting the perspective of pragmatic sociology, this study delves into the descriptions of three key periods in the recent history of anti-doping in Brazil: the creation of ABCD and the dissolution of ANAD (National Anti-Doping Agency), the realization of the first 100 anti-doping tests by the ABCD (critical period for its members who managed to keep away ex-officers from ANAD) and the impeachment of the Brazilian president in 2016 (ex-officers from ANAD took over the direction of the ABCD). Our analysis allowed us to conclude that ‘diverting others from decision-making spheres’ comprised a political strategy to occupy spaces of power or to stabilize itself in them, which, in this case, allowed the control of anti-doping actions in the country. Local protagonists tried to make use of international injunctions and pressure or local political events to achieve these goals
Agency (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social science · Sociology · Doping in Sports · Law · Physical Education and Sports Studies · Public Administration · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |