Rofe, JS orcid.org/0000-0001-9423-6644 and Postlethwaite, V (2021) Scholarship and Sports Diplomacy: the Cases of Japan and the United Kingdom. Diplomatica: A Journal of Diplomacy and Society, 3 (2). pp. 363-385. ISSN 2589-1766
Abstract
This article explores scholarship regarding diplomatic processes and actors engaged in recent international sport events hosted by the United Kingdom and Japan. The article points to the range of actors involved, focusing on organizing committees, and assesses the effectiveness of sports diplomacy at a range of levels that go beyond a focus on the state. It uses international sport events documentation, global media archives, and public and private comments related to the United Kingdom and Japan. The article addresses three key issues: 1) Olympic-dominant discourse: the dominance and shift in process between hosting an Olympic Games and onto other events; 2) Western-dominant discourse: the differences between Japan and the UK in demonstrating distinct “East” and “West” sports diplomacy approaches; 3) State-dominant discourse: the role of knowledge exchange and elite networks that transcend the state and involve a range of different actors, such as the organizing committee.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © J. Simon Rofe and Verity Postlethwaite, 2021. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | sports diplomacy; international sport events; sport mega-events; non-state actors; diplomatic processes; global sport; United Kingdom; Japan |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2023 14:50 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 23:18 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Brill Academic Publishers |
Identification Number: | 10.1163/25891774-03020005 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:198094 |