Course 1: Sport as an object of credible and serious research?

Presentation

Introduction to the course – course objectives;

Why study sports? What can he teach us?

Relations between sport and politics.

Questions and answers

Course 2: Sport and Politics

Historical example

Sport and identity

Sport and gender issues

Questions and answers

Course 3: Sport and Europe.

The European Union and sport.

The different European sports policies.

Different sports practices in Europe.

Questions and answers.

Course 4: Why football is so popular?

What is the reason for football’s success, globalization, and media coverage?

Questions and answers.

Evaluation:

Students will write a paper on a topic related to the relationship between sport and politics.

Students must obtain the teacher's agreement on the subject of their work.

The work will be between 10 and 15 pages, bibliography not included

Several students can work together (10 to 15 pages per student)

I will devote time to the students during my time in Prague to help them with their work.

I will also answer questions via email or Skype.

Bibliography

1) Andrews, L; Silk, M (2012) Sport and Neoliberalism, Temple University Press; 316 pg

2) Armstrong, G.; Giulianotti, R. (2001), Fear and Loathing in the Wold Football, Oxford, Berg

3) Benkwitz, A.; Molnar, G. (2012), “Interpreting and exploring football fan rivalries: an overview”, Soccer and Society, 13(4), pp. 479-494

4) Cleland, J (2015) A sociology of football in a global context, Routledge, 177 pg

5) Delaney, T ; Madigan, T, The sociology of sport : An introduction. Mc farland, 468pg

6) De Waele, JM; Husting, A (2001) Sport et Union européenne, Editions de l’Université de Bruxelles, 180 pg

7) De Waele, JM ; Louault, F (2016) Soutenir l’équipe nationale de Football, Editions de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles, 194 pg

8) European journal for sport and society

9) Foer, F (2004)How football explains the world, Orion Books, 255 pg

10) Grix, J (2016) Sport politics: An introduction, palgrave, 225 pg

11) International Review for the sociology of sport

12) Kuper, S (1996), football against the enemy, Orion books,

13) Markovits A, Rensmann L, (2010): The Gaming the world, Princeton University Press, 345 pg

14) Smith, E (2009): sociology and social theory, Human kinetics, 264 pg

15) Wilson, J (2006), Behind the curtain, Orion books, 325 pg