Naslov
The role of high-performance sport in shaping of national identity: research perspectives from Croatia

Autori
Bartoluci, Sunčica

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Changing Landscapes in Sport: dynamics, hybridities and resistance. Book of Abstracts. / - Utrecht, 2014, 106-106

Skup
11th European Association for Sociology of Sport Conference Changing Landscapes in Sport: dynamics, hybridities and resistance.

Mjesto i datum
Utrecht, Nizozemska, 07.05.2014. - 10.05.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
high-performance sport, national identity, Croatia

Sažetak
The goal of this paper is to research the changing role and importance of highperformance sport as both the symbol and the means of shaping and building national identity in the Republic of Croatia during two socio-political periods - the 1990s and the period after the year 2000. In this context, the greatest achievements in the Olympics Games and world competitions during these two different decades of the Croatian society have been analysed. Anthony D. Smith’s distinction between civic and ethnic nationalism (1991) has been used as a theoretical frame. The main hypothesis is that in the first decade (1991-1999) due to social processes resulting from state creation, war happenings and strengthening of national identity, ethnical definition of a nation emerged ; first giving significance to family descent, bloodline and ancestry, i.e. national identity as an implied category acquired by birth, as such being a fixed and unchanged characteristic of every person. Since in the second decade (2000- 2010) social relations normalized it was assumed that the civic definition of a nation was going to dominate and that the focus of interest would be the concept of territory and citizenship as the fundamental category of national issue. In order to collect data necessary to accomplish the goals and to check the research hypothesis, the case study quality method has been implemented. In order to analyse the five most significant sport cases from the first decade and four from the second decade, different methods have been implemented - 36 semi-structured interviews with persons involved and discourse analysis of media issues and announcements as well as documents. The cases themselves are selected according to the highest sport achievements (gold, silver, bronze medal at the Olympic Games and/or World Championship) as well as public interest in a particular sport in Croatian society.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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