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- Is sport's ‘gateway for inclusion’ on the latch for ethnic minorities'
A discourse analysis of sport policy for inclusion and integration-
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Authors: Fiona Dowling
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
Scholars have increasingly called for the need to problematise and critically examine sport policy for integration/inclusion. This article aims to contribute to this ongoing debate by presenting a Foucauldian-inspired discourse analysis of the languaging of three decades of Norwegian sport policy for integration/inclusion, as well as non-sport policy that seeks to use sport as a policy tool. The analysis demonstrates how ideas and practices about the integration of ethnic minorities in sport are constructed in the shadows of the ‘real business’ of sport. Self-evident ‘Truths’ about inclusion/integration convey simplistic notions of assimilation into existing sport practices, reify notions of homogenous groups both with regard to the majority and the ethnic minority Norwegian population, distributing power unequally across the majority–minority divide, and contribute to construct sport as a racially coded, Eurocentric practice. The pervasive, long-standing idea that sport is inclusive works discursively to marginalise contradictory ideas, such as the complexities of integration that focus upon the need for a transformation of structures and practices, and ‘Truths’ like resourceful ethnic minorities or an adaptable sports organisation remain currently almost unthinkable. The analysis bears witness to scholars’ claims for the need to broaden research methodologies and policies for integration in/through sport, such that inequitable, Eurocentric, assimilated practices can be re-languaged to enable hybrid, transnational sports spaces frequented by resourceful participants.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-09-12T06:28:48Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231198864
- Training the Mobile Great Wall: Social class and player–coach
interactions in a Chinese basketball academy-
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Authors: Teng Ge
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
Although athletes are considered the most important actors in training and competitions, many studies tend to view them as passive recipients of resources and opportunities that coaches and parents provide for them. This study investigates the active role that athletes might play in training by asking how athletes might proactively obtain opportunities on their own behalf when interacting with coaches. Through a 16-month ethnographic study of one elite Chinese basketball academy, I show that players’ class backgrounds shape their interactions with coaches, which in turn create different training experiences and athletic outcomes. Compared to their less-privileged peers, relatively privileged players not only respond to coaches’ directions more independently and actively, but also make requests to coaches more frequently and fluently. Relatively privileged players’ interaction strategies and behaviors give them advantages in meeting coaches’ implicit expectations in training by customizing the seemingly collectivist training programs in ways that fit their own needs. Consequently, they are more likely to elevate their athletic performances and prevent potential injuries in relation to their less-privileged teammates. The findings highlight the active role that athletes can play in sports training and new mechanisms through which stratifications are (re)produced in the field of professional sports.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-09-11T05:41:37Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231200361
- Citizenship without identity' Instrumentalism, nationalism and
naturalization in Chinese men's football-
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Authors: Peizi Han, Shengying Tang, Alan Bairner
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
Representing the nation in sports mega events has become a highly contested issue with the acceleration of the transnational movement of athletes. This research has examined Chinese people's attitudes to the naturalization of football players. The article discusses the findings in the context of the qualifying stages for the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup by presenting and analysing data collected from semi-structured interviews and social media extracts. Two main issues were debated by Chinese people concerning the identity of naturalized athletes. One was the ethnicity of the naturalized footballers in relation to nationality, with some people questioning whether they belong to China and can represent China. The other issue concerned the players’ skills and ability which influenced considerations of how much they could help China to qualify for the World Cup Finals. In relation to Chinese nationalism, national identity and Chinese sports, this study reveals, through the window provided by the presence of these naturalized footballers, how football, instrumentalism, nationalism and naturalization have been inextricably linked and have interacted with one another within the current context. The article analyses how pragmatic values have negotiated with ethno-cultural nationalism and impacted on the Chinese public's attitudes towards naturalized athletes, their image being presented in variable and dynamic ways by football fan netizens after each qualifying game.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-09-11T05:40:38Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231199580
- South Korean members’ experiences on the LPGA Tour: The first decade
after Se Ri Pak's appearance in 1998-
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Authors: Seungyup Lim, Michael Diacin, Adam Love
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
This study explored the experiences and perceptions of South Korean players on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour with respect to stereotyping and discrimination. Specifically, we investigated South Korean Tour members’ perspectives about interactions with their fellow golfers, LPGA officials, and members of the media. A combination of group and individual interviewers with 11 South Korean women who played on the LPGA Tour were conducted, and data were analysed using Hatch’s nine-step inductive analysis method. Researchers identified six themes based on patterns in participants’ responses regarding their experiences. These themes included: (a) inconsistent enforcement of rules regarding use of native language during tournament play; (b) inconsistent enforcement of rules regarding interactions with parents; (c) lack of English fluency impact upon pro-am experiences; (d) limited media coverage; and (e) lack of English fluency limiting self-advocacy. Participants perceived that their race and lack of English fluency impacted their overall experiences, in particular the treatment they received from other tour members, tour officials, and the media. Participants’ perspectives demonstrate the prevalence of the “yellow peril” and “perpetual foreigner” stereotypes during this era of the LPGA Tour.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-08-24T09:54:37Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231194487
- Locating the Supporter Liaison Officer in the football field: Bridges,
brokers and the ‘supporter gaze’-
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Authors: Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
This article examines a relatively recent yet under-researched role in the governance of elite European football – namely, the Supporter Liaison Officer. The Supporter Liaison Officer, as appointed by football clubs, is commonly envisioned as a mediator between fans and the clubs, authorities and security actors situated in the European football field. However, following its formal inception in the 2012/2013, little is known about how stakeholders understand the evolving and heterogeneously implemented Supporter Liaison Officer role. Drawing upon documentary and interview data, this article unpacks two key themes to develop two primary arguments. First, it argues that Supporter Liaison Officers may be understood as ‘social brokers’ that bridge together stakeholders who often possess diverging viewpoints and whose relationships are impacted by social barriers. Second, Supporter Liaison Officers are perceived as possessors of what is conceptualised here as a ‘supporter gaze’. Whilst contributing to the literature on supporter engagement and dialogue, these arguments also matter because if we understand the Supporter Liaison Officer implementation as influenced by supporter activism in Europe, then this article speaks to how outcomes of supporter pressure mature over time and their implications on football's supporter and security cultures.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-08-21T05:31:01Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231195569
- Who counts as a woman' A critical discourse analysis of petitions against
the participation of transgender athletes in women's sport-
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Authors: Honorata Jakubowska
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
This article aims to analyze the organizational anti-trans discourse on the presence of transgender athletes in women's sport. To achieve this, the petitions published from 2019 to 2022 on the websites of three US organizations (Save Women's Sports, Independent Council on Women's Sports, and the Women's Sports Policy Working Group) were analyzed. The analysis addressed the research questions of how this discourse defines trans women and trans bodies and reproduces the indispensability of sex segregation in sport competitions. The research revealed that the petitions’ authors identified trans athletes as biological males who have an advantage over cis women. The organizations demand that the protection of women's sport from trans women's participation and women's rights be based on the sex (assigned at birth) category. The article emphasizes that members and allies of these organizations perceive biomedical science as providing objective arguments for the sex dichotomy and the exclusion of trans women from sport competitions. At the same time, the petitions’ authors ignore sociocultural factors that influence the perception of gender dichotomy and athletic performance.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-08-14T05:27:08Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231194570
- Using panopticism to theorize the social role of the body in competitive
gaming and electronic sport-
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Authors: Paolo Riatti, Ansgar Thiel
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
The role of the body is a common topic for discussions concerning competitive gaming, also known as electronic sport (esport). In esport, the focus on the body shifts from its physical presence towards digitality and therefore differs significantly compared to traditional sports. It is therefore questionable whether disciplinary mechanisms typical for sport that originate from the physical body being surveyed can be observed in competitive gaming as well. This conceptual paper uses Michel Foucault's concept of panopticism to theorize what consequences of deviant or normative behaviour can be derived from a (partially) absent physical corporeality in esport. Our approach reveals that esport and competitive gaming are lacking disciplinary mechanisms typical for traditional sports. We introduce the term dysopticon as a concept where players are not exposed to surveillance like in traditional sports, because of a perceived absence of the players’ physical bodies while competing. This can result in arbitrariness and deviant behaviour but also be an opportunity for inclusion or self-expression regardless of hegemonic corporeal norms and standards. Stakeholders, including players, clubs, associations, and corporations, can build upon these insights to develop and promote esport beneficially for sport and society.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-07-12T06:16:37Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231187322
- Erratum to Refugee footballers’: A socioecological exploration of forced
migrants in the Italian and German elite football system-
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Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-07-07T06:46:46Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231188194
- ‘Refugee footballers’: A socioecological exploration of forced
migrants in the Italian and German elite football system-
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Authors: Alessio Norrito, Richard Giulianotti, Carolynne Mason, Enrico Michelini
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
Against the background of the recent European ‘refugee crisis’ and its long-term consequences, this article investigates the research question ‘how do footballers with a refugee background experience the process of accessing top-level football'’, using ethnographic material and interviews with competitive footballers with a refugee background in Italy and Germany from two studies. The material was examined using qualitative content analysis and interpreted through the ecological systems theory. The results show that inclusion to professional football is complex for refugee footballers who are faced with the additional hurdles and consequences of a forced migration. Moreover, refugees build their networks within the process of resettlement, without a clear path for inclusion to elite football. Those who ‘make it’ have relied on key enablers within their microsystem and on mesosystemic interactions, further emphasizing the importance of networks for professional development. In contrast, exosystemic and macrosystemic factors further hinder the possibility of a sport career in football, on top of the existing difficulties of a forced migration. The process of seeking inclusion in competitive football however has been identified as a positive element that can provide direction in resettlement and opportunities for socialisation.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-06-14T07:16:36Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231179071
- Spaces of football and belonging for people seeking asylum: Resisting
policy-imposed liminality in Italy-
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Authors: Federico Genovesi
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
As radical right parties capitalise on the salience of immigration among the Italian public, this paper explores solidarity grassroots football as a unique lens to investigate how people seeking asylum resist the effects of policies and discourses of exclusion, and develop senses of belonging in the microscale of their day-to-day lives. Sport and migration studies researchers have primarily considered policy-based questions (e.g. how can sport facilitate integration'). In shifting the focus from integration to belonging, this ethnographic study engages with the embodied and affective experiences of individuals seeking asylum. Employing the analytical framework for the study of belonging advanced by Yuval-Davis and integrated by Antonsich, four themes are discussed: the agency of people seeking asylum in appropriating football to nurture a positive sense of self; the emergence of the material environment of sporting activities as a space of belonging; the negotiation of belonging within and beyond the team; and the local neighbourhood as possible trait d’union between sport-specific attachments and belonging to the wider community. The article contends that involvement in solidarity grassroots football can provide people seeking asylum with opportunities for belonging that go beyond the momentary, and play a vital role in resisting the liminality imposed by autochthonic politics of belonging.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-06-12T10:23:16Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231179624
- Enclaved non-heteronormativity and pragmatic acceptance. The experiences
of Polish female football players-
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Authors: Natalia Organista, Radosław Kossakowski
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
The aim of this article is to discuss how Polish non-heterosexual female football players cope with institutionalised normative heterosexuality, which functions in Poland on several levels. The study is based on 25 in-depth interviews with professional Polish female football players. The interviewed women experienced heteronormativity within Polish society, which precluded negotiating the status of homosexuality in the broader social context. The processes of de-normalisation of heteronormativity are also difficult in the field of football. Although many football coaches and club managers display ‘pragmatic acceptance’ of non-heterosexual female players, this attitude is not always accompanied by respect for different sexual orientations. The ways in which female football players deal with such circumstances resulted in creating a safe space of ‘enclaved non-heteronormativity’ within the team. It is a space which protects from socially dominant compulsory heterosexuality. We discuss the role of this enclave and its potential for social change in football cultures in Poland.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-06-05T05:42:11Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231180402
- Fan responses to ownership change in the English Premier League: Motivated
ignorance, social creativity and social competition at Newcastle United
F.C.-
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Authors: Ian Jones, Andrew Adams, Joanne Mayoh
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
Over recent years there has been a significant increase in foreign ownership within the English Premier League, with ‘sportswashing’ being identified as a key motive for some new club owners. Whilst the effects of changes of ownership have received considerable focus, especially in terms of their impacts upon the club, less attention has been paid to the status of the owners themselves, how any perceived sportswashing strategy impacts upon fans, and how that impact is managed, especially in terms of the strategies that are used by fans to maintain a sense of identification. This paper focuses on the takeover of one Premier League football club, Newcastle United, and explores fan responses to its high-profile and controversial takeover by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF). The paper explores the identity-maintenance strategies used by fans to maintain a positive association with the club using existing frameworks related to social creativity and social competition, as well as through the application of a novel strategy that has yet to be explored within the sport fan literature, that of motivated ignorance. The results demonstrate that whilst social creativity and social competition strategies are evident, motivated ignorance also provides an additional mechanism through which social identities may be protected from identity threat.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-06-05T05:41:32Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231179067
- Drafting behind LGB: Transgender athletes in the sport of cycling
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Authors: Jack Hardwicke, Charlie J Roberts, Eric Anderson, Rory Magrath
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
Using data from an online survey of 211 heterosexual and 148 sexual and gender minority-identifying cyclists, this article examines the attitudes of both sexual and gender majorities towards sexual and gender minorities as well as the experiences of sexual and gender minorities in relation to each other, within the sport of cycling. The results show a culture of acceptance for LGB athletes with heightened antipathy towards transgender cyclists. However, this variance is not as large as might be expected given the media attention on transgender athletes in cycling, and sport more broadly. It therefore appears that the transgender social movement is drafting closely behind LGB inclusion within this sport.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-05-30T11:49:43Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231178613
- Identity negotiation and subculture recognition: Exploration of a sexual
minority group in a Chinese grassroots sport-
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Authors: Huan Xiong, Xinyi Guo
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
This case study delves into the experiences of a women's basketball team situated in Shenzhen, South China, comprised primarily of members of sexual minority groups. Utilizing qualitative research methods, including interviews and observation of team dynamics, this research examines how lesbian and bisexual female basketball players navigate societal norms and negotiate their sexual identities. It also highlights the team's unique strategies for dealing with social interactions, group membership, and power dynamics in resisting heteronormative norms. Team B exemplifies a form of queer resistance in Chinese society and sports that is distinct from the Western pride movements and political advocacy. This strategy involves avoiding confrontation and integrating the nonheteronormative subculture into mainstream sports and society to gain support from families, the general public, and local communities, thereby promoting sports inclusivity and gaining social recognition. This study argues, from a post-structural feminist perspective, that participation in a gender-inclusive sports group provides sexual minority individuals with a unique social position and an empowering means of destabilizing power relations and reducing sexual identity tensions. In addition, it demonstrates the capacity of sports subcultures to foster collective agency and resilience in the face of dominant cultural norms, despite the constraints posed by the unaltered macro-level structure of gender. This case study provides valuable insights into how gender-inclusive sports groups can challenge and reshape preconceived notions of gender and sexuality in Chinese society while serving as a platform for queer resistance.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-05-29T07:33:44Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231178610
- Sensing inclusion among visually impaired and guide runners
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Authors: Marit Hiemstra, Jasmijn Rana
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
People with visual impairments partake in recreational running with sighted guide runners. In the Netherlands, the Running Blind foundation enables blind and visually impaired runners and their guides to experience the social and physical benefits of outdoor recreation together. While sport policies and programs in the Netherlands call for more inclusive sport practices, it is often unclear what ‘inclusion’ means for the people involved. This article explores how a sense of inclusion is constituted, experienced and reflected on within guided running. Based on three months of immersive, sensory ethnographic fieldwork in guided running, we argue that merely integrating disabled sports practitioners into mainstream, that is, ableist sporting contexts does not increase inclusion for people with different abilities. Instead, guided running ensembles challenge ‘the language of inclusion’ by showing how a sense of inclusion evolves from an empathic engagement with the environment, the people and the tethered running bodies.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-05-25T08:53:43Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231172919
- Levelling the field' The English Football Association's promotion of their
men's and women's national teams through Twitter-
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Authors: Steph Doehler
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
This study examines and compares the coverage of both the England men's and women's national football teams by their governing body, The Football Association (FA), immediately before, during and immediately following their respective 2020 and 2022 European Championships. Content analysis of two of the FA's official Twitter accounts demonstrates some positive shifts in the general representation of the women's football team. However, concerns remain regarding the FA's social media strategy whereby they promote the women's team through a discrete profile rather than their general Twitter account, which has a much larger following. This paper argues that social media provides governing bodies with an opportunity to effectively promote their women's teams and, as such, organisations hold significant responsibility to achieve this should they wish to see the more equitable promotion of women athletes in the wider media.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-05-11T04:54:58Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231160662
- ‘I keep forgetting them’: Lacrosse, indigenous women and girls and
reconciliation in Canada-
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Authors: Avery Holmes, Audrey R Giles, Lyndsay Hayhurst
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
In Canada, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its list of Calls to Action (CTA) in 2015, and five Calls were directly related to reconciliation and sport. Within these five sport-related CTA, there was no specific reference to gender. Lacrosse, as an Indigenous cultural practice that has been culturally appropriated by white settlers, is a complex site to investigate how the TRC's CTA is (or are not) being implemented and the ways in which these efforts are gendered. In this paper, we examined how staff at Canadian lacrosse organizations address the CTA and Indigenous women's and girls’ participation in lacrosse. Through the use of Indigenous feminist theory, feminist methodologies informed by the tenets of Indigenous methodologies, semi-structured interviews and reflexive thematic analysis, our findings demonstrate that Indigenous women and girls are commonly overlooked, and gender is typically an afterthought within the implementation of sport-related CTA by lacrosse organizing bodies in Canada – if they are implemented at all. As a result, we argue that there is a need to make gender a central organizing principle when lacrosse organizations within Canada implement the TRC's CTA.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-05-02T06:24:33Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231172922
- The (ecologically) imperial mode of sport at the exterminist stage of
capitalism: Counter stories of Dakar Rally's ride in South America
(2009–2019)-
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Authors: Chen Chen
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
This paper explores the voices of resistance against the Dakar Rally's decade-long operation in South America. Drawing upon the three-prong framework of environmental justice (EJ), the analysis showcases how the less powerful stakeholders in the hosting countries articulated the deleterious consequences caused by the event to the local communities and ecologies. Moreover, by situating the Dakar Rally's expeditions in South America within the global capitalist economy, the paper explains why the most prestigious car rally is an exemplary manifestation of ecological imperialism, as it is not only a showcase of unsustainable industries (represented by fossil-fuel vehicles) with European colonial hubris but also a newer stage of an ongoing centuries-old process of extracting ecological resources from the Global South to benefit the increasingly mobile, vampire-like transnational capital.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-04-21T05:17:24Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231163062
- Balancing risk-taking and self-care: The ecology of athlete health
behaviour during the Olympic qualification phase-
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Authors: Astrid Schubring, Mathias Halltén, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Anna Post
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
Athletes who aim to qualify for the Olympic Games need to stay healthy. Research demonstrates, however, that many elite athletes take health risks to achieve sporting success. Drawing on social ecological thinking, the purpose of this study is to understand change in athlete health behaviour during the Olympic Games qualification phase. We draw on data from a six-month-long case study on four athletes who aimed to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. We used semi-structured interviews and weekly-online surveys to collect data. Olympic hopefuls engaged in both risky health behaviour, such as ‘competing while injured’, and in self-caring health behaviour, such as ‘balanced dietary management’. Risk-taking was encouraged by a habit of taking pain medication, insufficient medical support, and time pressure to qualify. Awareness for self-care, a trusting coach-athlete relationship, and a well-rounded athlete support programme were factors that promoted self-care. Conceptually, we found that athlete health behaviour is dynamic and ecological, that is, it is relational to personal, contextual, and temporal factors. Based on the findings, we advise Olympic hopefuls to surround themselves with people who support caring health behaviour, and that sport organisations and stakeholders adopt long-term planning and implement policies of care.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-04-18T06:09:06Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231168098
- Subculturalisation/tribalisation as a social process: The Yugoslav 1980s
and the roots of the ultras subculture in Croatia-
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Authors: Benjamin Perasović, Marko Mustapić, Ivan Hrstić
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
As opposed to the discourse marking the division between the subculturalists and the post-subculturalists, we hold that subculturalisation and tribalisation are essentially the same social process. The process within which the Croatian ultras subculture was formed, took place from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Nationalism and violence are broadly acknowledged as the main features of this new subcultural style in socialist Yugoslavia. However, to fully understand the process it is necessary to study broader spectrum of influences and relationships between actors on the social scene. Therefore we put emphasis on the interaction between football supporters and subcultural styles founded on rock and similar genres of music. This interaction proved to be crucial in anti-establishment and anti-mainstream sensibilities of the emerging football supporter scene. This is particularly important while these sensibilities have remained one of basic characteristics of the ultras subculture in modern Croatia.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-04-12T05:18:48Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231168346
- Sports mega-events and cosmopolitan nationalism: A critical discourse
analysis of media representations of Japan through the 2019 Rugby World
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Authors: Koji Kobayashi, John Horne, Jung Woo Lee
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
Sports mega-events, like the Rugby World Cup, are often considered as a major platform for the celebration and reinforcement of nationalism. However, there is an emerging strand of research which contends that the host nations are increasingly presenting themselves with diverse, inclusive and cosmopolitan characteristics and, in turn, forms of nationalism have undergone some noticeable changes in more recent times. In this paper, we pursue an argument that Japan as the host of the 2019 Rugby World Cup projected the nation with a cosmopolitan outlook ultimately to sustain or even strengthen national interest and identity through the process of ‘cosmopolitan nationalism’. Methodologically, the research deployed critical discourse analysis to examine media representations of Japan as the host nation in general, and its national team in particular, within one of the leading Japanese newspapers as well as a range of other publicly available resources and materials in relation to the Rugby World Cup. In result, the study reveals the ways in which the discourse of ‘One Team’, embracement of foreignness and incidents of international exchanges during the event were mobilised to generate ‘thin’ cosmopolitan moments and, at the same time, were incorporated into the narratives of Japan's success on the world stage through conditional acceptance of foreignness and diversity. Consequently, this paper offers both a theoretical underpinning for and empirical evidence of the emerging linkage between sports mega-events and cosmopolitan nationalism.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-04-04T06:29:24Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231167097
- Private football academies—friend or foe' An analysis of Norwegian
media's framing of arguments about private football academies and the
monopoly of organized sport-
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Authors: Eivind Å. Skille, Anna-Maria Strittmatter, Cecilia Stenling, Josef Fahlén
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
Private football academies challenge the monopoly of Norwegian voluntary and democratic sport. Using field theory and framing approach as analytical perspectives, this article presents a media analysis that reveals that, first, association football and private academies agree on the fact that Norwegian football is not good enough and must improve. Second, they disagree on whether to improve it within association football exclusively or supplemented by private actors that are inspired by the international football field. Third, there is a negative popular view of private academies as too expensive, unconcerned with children's best interests, in violation of Norwegian sport's regulations for children's sport, and—in sum—thus being accused of destroying ‘sport for all’. However, by employing the analytical concepts of habitus and fields, the article also shows how actors partake in several subfields—often on both sides of the private—association border.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-04-03T06:37:51Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231164903
- Combatting sectarianism from the ground up: The Northern Irish Green and
White Army and the football carnival-
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Authors: John Bell, Ian Somerville, Owen Hargie
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
This paper draws upon participant observation data conducted before and after all 10 qualifying matches for the 2016 UEFA European Football Championship to explore the dynamics underpinning the Northern Irish Green and White Army (GAWA) football carnival. Supplemented by interviews with Northern Ireland fans themselves and informed by the dramaturgical perspectives of Erving Goffman, the paper contends that the anti-sectarian ‘norms’ of GAWA football fandom are dominant in public spaces before matches when the GAWA ‘performance team’ are visible to one another and their audience within a geographically circumscribed space. In a post-match evening context however, various ‘cliques’ of supporters enact their own social rules within a ‘back-stage’ environment of more relaxed peer-to-peer surveillance. These at times transgress the established norms of GAWA fan behaviour. The paper acknowledges that inappropriate supporter behaviour, even within small groups, can damage the wider image of football teams and their supporters in ‘impression management’ terms. But rather than imposing top-down ‘solutions’ which are often devised with limited input from supporters, we suggest that football governing bodies, associations and clubs should look to work in partnership with supporters to identify creative ways in which supporters can be resourced to proactively become ‘norm entrepreneurs’ and challenge inappropriate behaviour from within.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-03-28T06:41:33Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231165658
- “The spectators ask, is it a boy or a girl' What is it'”: Cultural
cisgenderism and trans men's sporting experiences in Iran-
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Authors: Mohammad Sadegh Afroozeh, Catherine Phipps, Ali Afrouzeh, Ameneh Mehri, Zahra Alipour Asiri
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
In this article, we draw on cultural cisgenderism to analyse the sporting experiences of trans men in Iran. Utilising semi-structured interviews with twelve trans men in different stages of transition, we consider their experiences of women's sport environments, the extent to which cisnormativity is embedded into the culture, and whether their gender identities are accepted. We found that essentialist understandings of sex and gender are evident in sport environments, with gender presentation policed by others, and expectations this should align with ascribed biological sex. While some interviewees’ masculine expressions were valued, others were considered ‘too masculine’ to be eligible to participate in women's sport spaces; this led to restrictions around appearance and clothing, alongside instances of compulsory hormone testing. Finally, for those who were ‘out’ about their gender identity, this often led to hostility from others, including coaches, teammates, and spectators. Overall, this paper provides a critical understanding of trans inclusion in sport spaces in Iran. However, the findings may be useful for anyone working to make sport more accessible, regardless of geographical location.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-03-09T06:09:00Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231162270
- Book review: A New Agenda For Football Crowd Management: Reforming Legal
and Policing Responses to Risk by Geoff Pearson and Clifford Stott-
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Authors: Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-03-08T07:07:59Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231158594
- Sex integration in equestrian sport: Challenging male dominance of
horseracing in Mexico-
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Authors: Carlos Monterrubio, Katherine Dashper
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
Unisex sport – where males and females compete directly against each other with no form of differentiation – offers a radical challenge to the norms of sex segregation that contribute to ongoing gender inequality in sport. This article presents findings from an ethnographic study of horseracing events in rural Mexico as an example of the unisex model operating within a wider sociocultural context still characterised by machismo and traditional gender relations. Findings indicate that although horseracing remains a male-dominated sporting space, the presence of women as jockeys, spectators and veterinary professionals is beginning to challenge this. Women's acceptance is contingent on male support and authorisation, and women are often marginalised symbolically and physically, yet their presence illustrates that the unisex model may be an important way of beginning to challenge the masculinisation of horseracing. The study highlights the importance of considering how the wider sociocultural context influences acceptance and experience of the unisex model and steps towards greater gender equality in horseracing and other unisex sports.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-02-20T06:27:49Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231156502
- The Paralympics on YouTube: Alternative content creation and the digital
consumption of the Paralympics-
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Authors: Renan Petersen-Wagner, Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
This article aims to explore the digital consumption of the Paralympic Games on the video-sharing platform YouTube to understand how the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) engages consumers in a digital setting, enabling an ‘alternative’ consumption of the event. Using YouTube Data Tools, we have automatically scraped data from 17,701 YouTube videos from Paralympic Games’ channel. After data manipulation and consolidation, statistical analyses were performed in order to understand how the IPC has adapted to the algorithm logic of platforms. Our findings demonstrate that YouTube should be comprehended as complementing and substituting television as the traditional medium of sport consumption. Thus, the digitalisation of the sport industry adapts and continues, rather than revolutionises, the symbiotic sport/media relationship. Whilst digital revolution allows the IPC to reach wider audiences by bypassing a traditional media editorial logic, it does so within the algorithmic logic of platforms resulting from the unpaid digital labour of users.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-02-10T06:37:58Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231155572
- Can the credibility of global sport organizations be restored' A case
study of the athletics integrity unit-
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Authors: P. Verschuuren, F. Ohl
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
This paper explores how the credibility of global sport organizations can be renegotiated in a post-scandal context. It draws on a dramaturgical interpretation of social performance and frame analysis to analyze how the Athletics Integrity Unit's first years of operation were perceived by its media audience. The results demonstrate that frame consistency, empirical credibility, and the credibility of the frame articulators contributed to the construction of credibility. Besides, transparency and accountability helped to align the athletics authorities’ strategic self-framing with the frames used by external stakeholders. Through the social production of its own performance, the Unit could escape the reputation stigma that has discredited other federations and sport organizations.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-02-07T11:40:15Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231154095
- From the via Crucis to paradise. The experiences of women football players
in Spain surrounding gender and homosexuality-
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Authors: Daniel Martos-Garcia, Wenceslao Garcia-Puchades, Susanna Soler, Anna Vilanova
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
The number of women in football has considerably grown in Spain, which in addition to increasing its media and social visibility is also attracting academic interest. In this regard, the objective of this article is to understand and interpret the experiences of 15 elite female football players regarding their gender and sexual orientation. The semi-structured interviews followed a pattern already used in other related research and dealt with topics such as the stereotypes that accompany women who play football, family reluctance, coexistence in locker rooms, lesbians coming out of the closet, or the need for more and better reference models. The data point to a clear homosociability within the teams and the benefits of supporting one and other when coming out of the closet, offering a counterpoint to family attitudes mostly characterized by rejection or stigmas that mark women as ‘tomboys.’ The conclusions highlight, on the one hand, the discrimination that the female players experience for being women who practice a traditionally masculine sport, and how homonegativity contributes to the control of women and the gendered nature of sport, and on the other hand, the open and inclusive climate that lesbian players have found in the football environment.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-02-07T10:12:32Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902231153349
- ‘Do know harm’: Examining the intersecting capabilities of young
people from refugee backgrounds through community sport and leisure
programmes-
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Authors: Robyn Smith, Louise Mansfield, Emma Wainwright
Abstract: International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Ahead of Print.
Young people from refugee backgrounds have been repeatedly denied the ability to lead a life that they value. Community sport and leisure has been positioned as a tool to foster positive wellbeing experiences for these young people living in Western resettlement countries. Drawing on qualitative data from a Participatory Action Research project in London, England, we apply Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach to examine how the young people made sense of and negotiated their interconnecting capabilities through the sport and leisure programme. We examine three key interconnections between the capabilities of (a) life, bodily health and play; (b) affiliation and emotion and (c) bodily integrity and control over the environment. The findings are significant in ensuring sport and leisure provides opportunities for young people from refugee backgrounds to engage in positive wellbeing experiences and for enabling them and those supporting them to know and challenge harmful practices that may restrict capabilities.
Citation: International Review for the Sociology of Sport
PubDate: 2023-01-05T06:38:45Z
DOI: 10.1177/10126902221150123
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