Kinesiology 2250A/B Lecture 22: Sport and Politics pt. 1

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2250A/B
• Professor: Michael Heine

Document Summary

Overview: definitions and concepts, sports-government connection, sports and global political processes, politics in sports. Key take-aways: sport as political resource, foreign policy, global processes, national identity, government policy policy contestation, resource allocation, athlete position, health support, welfare state, health policy, fitness/health performance. Government: government of the day" (liberal, pc, ndp) State the institution: government of the day", persistent structures (administrative, etc. ) Kinesiology 2250a social foundations of sport and physical activity. The nation: a body of people who share a real or imagined common history, culture, language or ethnic origin, e. g. Canadian-ness what makes someone canadian: governments connect canadian-ness with their government, political advantage to convince canadians that they are representing canadians. The sport and p. a. related functions and tasks of government and the state. Sports are biggest cultural phenomenon behind only religion. Narratives of nation tell us what canadianess is.