Global perspectives in sport - PMNG117

• Title: Global perspectives in sport
• Guaranteed by: Department of Sport Management (51-300100)
• Faculty: Faculty of Physical Education and Sport
• Actual: from 2022
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, C+Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Mgr. William Morea Crossan, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. William Morea Crossan, Ph.D.

Annotation

English

Last update: PhDr. Josef Voráček, Ph.D. (22.09.2020)

The course introduces students to current global issues in sport, their mutual influence on politics, the media and international sports market. It also deals with sports situations in some important parts of the world.

Czech

Last update: PhDr. Josef Voráček, Ph.D. (22.09.2020)

Předmět seznamuje studenty s aktuálními celosvětovými tématy v oblasti sportu, jejich vzájemný vliv na politiku, média a mezinárodní sportovní trh. Dále se zabývá sportovními situacemi v některých významných částech světa.

Aim of the course

Last update: Mgr. William Morea Crossan, Ph.D. (29.08.2023)

1.       Discuss the role of global politics in international sport organizations.

2.       Explain the history and cultural significance of sport in each country or region discussed.

3.       Explain how sport developed and who influenced its development in each country or region discussed.

4.       Explain how sport is organized and governed in each country or region discussed.

5.       Explain how economic development has influenced and been influenced by sport in each country or region discussed.

6.       Identify the top sports based on participation and media coverage in each country or region discussed.

7.       Identify the biggest problems in sport in each country or region discussed.

8.       Describe the relationship between sport and global politics in each country or region discussed.

9.       Discuss the role the media in sport in each country or region discussed.

10.   Discuss the role sport migration has played in each country or region discussed.

11.   Discuss the role of football in each country or region discussed.

12.   Apply a development, legislation, innovation or area of concern from each country or region discussed to the Czech sport environment.

Course completion requirements

English

Last update: PhDr. Josef Voráček, Ph.D. (22.09.2020)

zápočet:

2 Reflection papers

Written Test (70%)

zkouška:

Two randomly drawn questions based on the broad themes of the class and illustrated with details from the class lectures and readings.

Literature

English

Last update: Mgr. William Morea Crossan, Ph.D. (02.09.2020)

Required:

FOER, F. How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2010. 288 p. ISBN 978-0061978050.

KUPER, S. Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World’s Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power. New York, NY: Bold Type Books, 2020. 337 p. ISBN 978-1568586337.

Articles and book chapters assigned by instructor

Recommended:

CHADWICK, S., PARNELL, D., WIDDOP,P., and ANAGNOSTOPOULOS,C. (Eds.). Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management. 1 edition. New York, NY: Routledge, 2019. 644p. ISBN 978-1138579071.

O’BOYLE, I., BRADBURY, T. (Eds.). Sport Governance: International Case Studies. London New York: Routledge, 2015. 312 p. ISBN 9780415857376.

Czech

Last update: Mgr. William Morea Crossan, Ph.D. (02.09.2020)

Povinná:

FOER, F. How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2010. 288 p. ISBN 978-0061978050.

KUPER, S. Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World’s Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power. New York, NY: Bold Type Books, 2020. 337 p. ISBN 978-1568586337.

Articles and Book chapters assigned by instructor

Doporučená:

CHADWICK, S., PARNELL, D., WIDDOP,P., and ANAGNOSTOPOULOS,C. (Eds.). Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management. 1 edition. New York, NY: Routledge, 2019. 644p. ISBN 978-1138579071.

O’BOYLE, I., BRADBURY, T. (Eds.). Sport Governance: International Case Studies. London New York: Routledge, 2015. 312 p. ISBN 9780415857376.

Requirements to the exam

English

Last update: PhDr. Josef Voráček, Ph.D. (22.09.2020)

zápočet:

2 Reflection papers

Written Test (70%)

zkouška:

Two randomly drawn questions based on the broad themes of the class and illustrated with details from the class lectures and readings.

Syllabus

English

Last update: PhDr. Josef Voráček, Ph.D. (22.09.2020)

1. Introduction and Globalization

2. Sport events

3. Governing bodies and federations

4. Media conncections

5. North America – Americanization; North American exceptionalism

6. Europe 1 – Eastern Europe: Politics, Nationalism and Sport

7. Europe 2 – Western Europe: Tradition and new money

8. Latin America – Power and exploitation

9. Africa - Sport for development; The Last Frontier for Everything

10. Middle East – Sport confronts Religion: The Power of Soccer in the Most Radical of Places

11. China - All for One and One for All; The Next Sport Superpower?

12. India - The Historical Context of Cricket

13. Japan and Korea – Corporate dominance

14. Australia and New Zealand – Loose connections

Learning resources

Last update: PhDr. Josef Voráček, Ph.D. (01.10.2020)

K předávání informací, znalostí a odborností bude využito on-line komunikační platformy ZOOM (přihlášení pomocí odkazu – viz níže, distribuce e-mail). Dále pro případnou distribuci materiálů či testování bude využito platformy MOODLE (přihlášení skrze SIS).

Zoom meetings:

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