LEADER 02487nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910815796903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-47648-6 010 $a9786610476480 010 $a1-84150-880-2 035 $a(CKB)111056486991556 035 $a(EBL)282995 035 $a(OCoLC)476029094 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000150426 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11162991 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000150426 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10280914 035 $a(PQKB)10880559 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC282995 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL282995 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10023460 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47648 035 $a(OCoLC)935262929 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486991556 100 $a20030303d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEuropean cultures of sport $eexamining the nations and regions /$fedited by James Riordan and Arnd Kruger 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBristol, UK $cIntellect$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (167 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84150-014-3 327 $aPreliminaries; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; England and Wales; Scotland; Denmark; Germany; The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; France; Spain; Italy 330 $aSport occupies a key position in the cultural profile of a nation. This study forms a comparative guide to sport across Europe, in terms of its relative political and social status, its development, and the ways in which it has contributed to national achievement. Covering sport in ten major European states, each native contributor to the study presents: a brief historical background: major sports successes, Olympic positions, sporting traditions, organisation of sport: its structure and financing, elite sport: how talent is spotted, nurtured and remunerated, sports academies, national q 606 $aSports and state$zEurope 606 $aSports$xSociological aspects 606 $aSports$zEurope 615 10$aSports and state 615 0$aSports$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aSports 676 $a306.483094 701 $aRiordan$b James$f1936-2012.$01086554 701 $aKruger$b Arnd$0899806 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815796903321 996 $aEuropean cultures of sport$94049726 997 $aUNINA