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<p>Sport is a complex phenomenon that academics across many social sciences are focusing on. The interest in sports has been observable for a long time by historians, anthropologists and sociologists. Scientists in the field of international relations are no exception. A typical way sport is studied in international relations is by paying attention to sports diplomacy. The study of sports diplomacy has become a pretty popular part of the research since the second decade of the 21<sup>st</sup> century and it is possible to observe the dominance of the authors from the American and British universities in sports diplomacy research. Based on the Web of Science dataset, at first sight, the study of sports diplomacy is not seen as a popular field of research in the Central European countries. On the other hand, this statistical measure does not describe a complex situation of what the sports diplomacy research looks like, how it is formed or how it reflects the thinking of the politicians on national public/sports diplomacy. Thus, the article aims to map sports diplomacy research in the Central European states, specifically in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia.</p>
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Sport is a complex phenomenon that academics across many social sciences are focusing on. The interest in sports has been observable for a long time by historians, anthropologists and sociologists. Scientists in the field of international relations are no exception. A typical way sport is studied in international relations is by paying attention to sports diplomacy. The study of sports diplomacy has become a pretty popular part of the research since the second decade of the 21st century and it is possible to observe the dominance of the authors from the American and British universities in sports diplomacy research. Based on the Web of Science dataset, at first sight, the study of sports diplomacy is not seen as a popular field of research in the Central European countries. On the other hand, this statistical measure does not describe a complex situation of what the sports diplomacy research looks like, how it is formed or how it reflects the thinking of the politicians on national public/sports diplomacy. Thus, the article aims to map sports diplomacy research in the Central European states, specifically in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia.

Sports Diplomacy Research in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia. Emerging Field of Study?

assistant professor at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

associate professor in the Department of Political Theory and Thought, Faculty of International and Political Studies

assistant professor at the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Faculty of Political Science and International Relations

Politics in Central Europe

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Sport is a complex phenomenon that academics across many social sciences are focusing on. The interest in sports has been observable for a long time by...

Sports Diplomacy Research in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia. Emerging Field of Study?

Publié en ligne: 20 oct. 2021

Pages: 399 - 419

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2021-0017

Mots clés
sports diplomacy, sport, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia

© 2021 Jiří Zákravský et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Sports Diplomacy Research in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia. Emerging Field of Study?

Publié en ligne: 20 oct. 2021

Pages: 399 - 419

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2021-0017

Mots cléssports diplomacy, sport, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia

© 2021 Jiří Zákravský et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
sports diplomacy, sport, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia