Olympic Dreams and Social Realities
A Foucauldian Analysis of Legacy and Mass Participation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2642847 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heather Piper (Manchester Metropolitan University, corresponding author), Dean Garratt (0000-0002-6929-134X, University of Chester) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 150-159 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5153/sro.3063 |
| OpenAlex | W2127198989 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 15 |
Focussing on the London 2012 legacy claim relating to increased activity levels and sports participation, the paper discusses a range of factors which appear to militate against its achievement. Utilising a Foucauldian theoretical framework, we discuss how some of these operate at the conceptual and linguistic level, while others relate to governmental processes, and still another to the distinction between active engagement with the Games as carnival/festival and passive consumption as spectacle. Closest attention is paid to the negative effects on mass participation of a mind-set and collateral social practices, amplified in sport, which prioritise the avoidance of all risk, and particularly the risk of abuse. Drawing on data from a recent ESRC-funded research project, we demonstrate how this has resulted in a culture of fear and corrosive mistrust, which can only reduce grassroots willingness to take up sports, and the effectiveness and commitment of the coaches required to support it. The social context of discourse is considered, and Foucault's conceptual 'toolbox' is deployed, to encapsulate the interrelationship of risk society, moral panic, and governmentality
Conceptual framework · Criminology · Governmentality · Grassroots · Media studies · Moral panic · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Spectacle · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
Interrupting the Immoral Panic around Child Abuse and Professional Touch
Locking in Paris 2024
Sport & Exercise Pedagogy’. The case for a new integrative sub-discipline in the field of Sport & Exercise Sciences/Kinesiology/Human Movement Sciences
Evaluating the London 2012 Games’ impact on sport participation in a non-hosting region
Bowling alone
Ideology and Consciousness
Michel Foucault
Child abuse, child protection, and defensive ‘touch’ in PE teaching and sports coaching
Sports coaching in risk society
Legacy’ as Managerial/Magical Discourse in Contemporary Olympic Affairs
The Sydney Olympics
Touch’ in educational and child care settings
Risk society
Risk and Responsibility
Post-Foucauldian governmentality
Surveillance and securitization
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |