Assessing the sociology of sport
On sport and the challenges of post-socialist countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2378267 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mojca Doupona Topič (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4-5 |
| Pages | 424-429 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1012690214543961 |
| OpenAlex | W2166587670 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 19 |
On the 50th anniversary of the ISSA and IRSS, one of the most important Eastern European scholars in the sociology of sport, Mojca Doupona Topič, reflects on the character of early engagement with the field by scholars in her region and the more recent challenges that scholars in post-socialist countries have in continued disciplinary dialogue. Doupona Topič notes the essential role that the IRSS played in publishing the work of Eastern bloc scholars in the formative years of the sociology of sport; here studies centred on the positive roles of sport in effective socialization and worker productivity with little focus on critical issues, such as violence, doping or other forms of deviance. More recent work has shifted from assessing the positive social roles of sport to understand sport's role in national identities, its connection with globalization processes and in facilitating social change. A key challenge for scholars in post-socialist countries will be to recover from the economic crises of recent years so that they may re-engage with broader scholarly communities around the world and advance focus on how sport plays key roles, both positively and negatively, in national identity and development in newly independent countries
Discipline · Formative assessment · Globalization · Political science · Publishing · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · Sociology of sport · Doping in Sports · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
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Florian Znaniecki's Humanist Approach to Physical Culture
Engagement in Sports Activity on the Part of Workers of Large Industrial Establishment in People's Poland
The Problem of Leisure in Our Times
Competitive Sport and Its Social Functions
About System Analysis of Sport
Trend, Dynamics and Characteristics of the Advancement of Physical Culture of Adults and Seniors
The Taking Shape of the Profession of a Physical Education Instructor
The Social Role of Sports Events in Poland and Hungary
The Social Phenomenon of Game and Sports
EU-Centric Governance in Sport? The Slovenian Experience with the White Paper Process
Complicating the Relationship Between Sport and National Identity
Social and Demographic Characteristics of Hungarian Football Fans and their Motivations for Attending Matches
Trust in Crisis
Gold fever
The Curious Drama of the President of a Republic Versus a Football Fan Tribe
| Citations per year | 0.56 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |