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"""In general, the book sheds an informative light on the Icelandic sports system and Icelandic culture as explanations for sporting success ... All in all, the book is well written and insightful, hence it is warmly recommended."" - Eivind Å. Skille, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences ""A timely investigation of an alternative state model of sport … Halldorsson effectively situates Iceland’s sporting achievements within the country’s distinct cultural and social context. His assertions regarding the importance of sociocultural context for elite performance have the potential to encourage further research attention to this topic. As one of a diminishing number of countries willing to maintain a widespread and publicly supported community sporting structure, Iceland provides a successful model of sport for its own intrinsic values."" - Daniel Eisenkraft Klein, University of Toronto, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics"

In general, the book sheds an informative light on the Icelandic sports system and Icelandic culture as explanations for sporting success ... All in all, the book is well written and insightful, hence it is warmly recommended. - Eivind A. Skille, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences A timely investigation of an alternative state model of sport ... Halldorsson effectively situates Iceland's sporting achievements within the country's distinct cultural and social context. His assertions regarding the importance of sociocultural context for elite performance have the potential to encourage further research attention to this topic. As one of a diminishing number of countries willing to maintain a widespread and publicly supported community sporting structure, Iceland provides a successful model of sport for its own intrinsic values. - Daniel Eisenkraft Klein, University of Toronto, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

In general, the book sheds an informative light on the Icelandic sports system and Icelandic culture as explanations for sporting success ... All in all, the book is well written and insightful, hence it is warmly recommended. - Eivind A. Skille, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences A timely investigation of an alternative state model of sport ... Halldorsson effectively situates Iceland's sporting achievements within the country's distinct cultural and social context. His assertions regarding the importance of sociocultural context for elite performance have the potential to encourage further research attention to this topic. As one of a diminishing number of countries willing to maintain a widespread and publicly supported community sporting structure, Iceland provides a successful model of sport for its own intrinsic values. - Daniel Eisenkraft Klein, University of Toronto, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

In general, the book sheds an informative light on the Icelandic sports system and Icelandic culture as explanations for sporting success. (...) All in all, the book is well written and insightful, hence it is warmly recommended. - Eivind A. Skille, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

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Vidar Halldorsson is an assistant professor in sociology at the University of Iceland

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