| ID | 146046 |
| Title Proper | Sport and diplomacy |
| Other Title Information | a global diplomacy framework |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Rofe, J Simon |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The actors, or “players,” involved in the transactions of diplomacy occasioned by sport are manifold. In the case of the world’s “global game”—association football—they include but are not limited to individual footballers, football clubs, national leagues, national associations, football’s international governance structures, multi-national sponsors, and numerous hangers on. Importantly for this analysis, such a panoply of actors creates an architecture, replicated across other sports, which speak to the necessity of furthering the understanding of the relationship between sport and diplomacy. These two phenomena share a long-standing similarity in global affairs; both having been over-looked as means of comprehending relations between different polities otherwise centred on the nation-state. This exegesis advances our understanding in two areas. First, it addresses the parameters of the discussion of “sport and diplomacy” and problematises the discourse between the two with a note on language; and second, it utilises a framework provided by an appreciation of “global diplomacy” to explore concepts of communication, representation, and negotiation in sport and diplomacy. |
| `In' analytical Note | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol. 27, No.2; Jun 2016: p.212-230 |
| Journal Source | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol: 27 No 2 |
| Key Words | Diplomacy ; Sport ; Global Diplomacy Framework |