Sport International Relations
Azim Salahi Kojour; Morteza Dousti
Abstract
Sports diplomacy is an approach that politicians and statesmen of the world use people and sports events to create a favorable image of their country among foreign organizations and governments. The present research was conducted with the aim of formulating strategies for the development of sports diplomacy ...
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Sports diplomacy is an approach that politicians and statesmen of the world use people and sports events to create a favorable image of their country among foreign organizations and governments. The present research was conducted with the aim of formulating strategies for the development of sports diplomacy based on global experience. The current research was based on the purpose of applied research and was exploratory in terms of data collection. The data collection tool was a semi-structured in-depth interview. The statistical population included experts in the field of macrospores management, strategic management, diplomacy, international relations, and sports sociology at the level of deputy ministers, presidents of the federation, advisers to the minister, and university professors, and a targeted sampling method was used to select experts. The final model of the total of Causal conditions (2 categories and 13 concepts), the necessary contexts and contexts (3 categories and 13 concepts), interventionist variables (3 categories and 13 concepts), strategies (3 categories and 11 concepts), and consequences (3 categories and 10 concepts) were formed. Therefore, for the development of sports diplomacy in the country, it is better that statesmen and politicians seek to create a favorable image of their country among foreign organizations and governments by using people and sports events.
Sport International Relations
Sara Keshkar; Ghazal panahbar
Abstract
Sports have long been utilized in diplomatic and international relations as a form of soft power. This qualitative study with a historical perspective used documentary methods and nominal interviews to examine the emergence of non-native sports in Iran. All relevant historical documents, articles, books, ...
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Sports have long been utilized in diplomatic and international relations as a form of soft power. This qualitative study with a historical perspective used documentary methods and nominal interviews to examine the emergence of non-native sports in Iran. All relevant historical documents, articles, books, and reports (N=70) were analyzed. Experts and researchers in the field of sports history in Iran including experts in the field of sport management, sport sociology; history of sports; athletes and Sports veterans; club and teams managers (N=19) were also purposefully and snowball sampled to reach the theoretical saturation limit. Results indicated that Iranians who returned from abroad and foreigners were key in introducing sports to Iran, while economic and political communications were important in promoting development. Advertising and marketing, foreign culture, structural development, and economic development have helped sustain and develop these disciplines. Similar emergence in many countries suggests that governments have used sports as a tool to achieve political goals in host countries.