European cultures of sport [[electronic resource] ] : examining the nations and regions / / edited by James Riordan and Arnd Kruger

• Pubblicazione: Bristol, UK, : Intellect, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.483094
• Soggetto topico: Sports and state - Europe; Sports - Sociological aspects; Sports - Europe
• Altri autori: RiordanJames <1936-2012.> KrügerArnd
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; England and Wales; Scotland; Denmark; Germany; The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; France; Spain; Italy
• Sommario/riassunto: Sport 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
• Titolo autorizzato: European cultures of sport
• ISBN: 1-280-47648-6; 9786610476480; 1-84150-880-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780153603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II