Del i serien Routledge Research in Sports History

Sport, International Politics and the Nordic States in the Cold War

The Small State Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

3 089 kr

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This is the first book to examine the nexus of sport and international politics in the Nordic countries during the Cold War period. It fills a significant gap in the literature on the history of the Cold War and on the history of international sport, and it opens up a previously missing small-state perspective on these topics. Featuring the work of leading sport scholars and historians from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, the book the book investigates the role of sport in international diplomacy in the Nordic countries. It sheds light on the debates surrounding boycotts of undemocratic or racist regimes and examines how the Nordic countries dealt with international political challenges in sport during the Cold War. With case studies including Soviet-Icelandic sport relations, the sport movement for peace in Denmark, and the history of Nordic influence in the IOC, the book also discusses how the relationship between sport and international politics has been confronted by sport officials, athletes, politicians and the mass media across the region. This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in sport history, international history, diplomatic history, the Cold War or international politics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-11-27
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Research in Sports History
Antal sidor260
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041148067

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1. Sport and International Politics in the Cold War Nordic Countries: An Introduction Part I: Boycotts and Contested Games 2. The Swedish Sport Confederation and the Issue of International Boycotts, 1956‒1975 3. Swedish Sportspersons and the South African Open International Games in 1973: Divergent Perspectives on Sporting Exchange with an Apartheid Regime 4. The 1980 Moscow Olympics Boycott: Why Sweden and Norway Chose Different Paths 5. Finnish Parliamentary Debates on the South African Sporting Boycott from the 1960s to the 1980s: Whose Responsibility and whose Burden? 6. Danish Sport Politics during the Cold War: From the Revolt in Hungary 1956 to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles 1984 Part II: Sport And Diplomacy 7. Soviet Sportsmen in Norway in the Early Post-War Years: From Allies to Adversaries 8. The Finnish Gymnastics and Sport Confederation, 1944‒1952: Sport Politics in the Shadow of the Sickle and Hammer 9. The 1957 Moscow World Ice Hockey Championships in Canadian and Swedish Newspapers: Neutrality on Ice? 10. Sporting Relations between Finland and Soviet Estonia from the 1950s to the End of the Cold War: Sport at the Interface of Politics 11. Informal Nordic Cold War Sport Diplomacy: A Microhistory of an Olympic Governance Crisis 12. The Politicization of Soviet-Icelandic Sport Relations before the 1980 Moscow Olympics 13. Sport for Peace and Danish Grassroot Sport Activism in the 1980s