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Author:   Borja García (University of Loughborough, UK) ,  Vanja Smokvina (University of Rijeka, Croatia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9781032665139

ISBN 10:   1032665130
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   30 June 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The European Model of Sport, a Political Concept That Was Never Meant to Be, Part I: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of the European Model of Sport, 2. How the Concept of the “European Model of Sport” was Coined, 3. A Legal Assessment of the Status of the European Model of Sport Following the Judgments of the Court of Justice on 21 December 2023, 4. Socio-cultural Values in European Sport: A Selective Survey of Strategy and Policy Papers EU Member States, 5. Patterns of Financing Sports in Europe, 6. Sports Cultures in the European Union: An Analysis of Euroba-rometer Sport and Physical Activity 2022 Data, 7. Redistribution and Solidarity in the European Model of Sport, Part II: Models of Sport in Europe, 8. The Scandinavian Sport Model, 9. The Western and Central European Model of Sport Under Pres-sure: Between Societal Transformation and the Obstinacy of the Neo-Corporatist Arrangement in Germany, 10. Sport Governance in South-East Europe: From Socialist Self-management to Post-transition Politicization, 11. The UK Model of Sport: Early Pioneer and Contemporary Revisionist, Part III: Models of Sport Around the World, 12. The American and Canadian Sport Models: Not One and the Same, 13. The Chinese Model of Sport: Empowered and Restrained in the New Era, 14. Model of Sport in the Arab World: A European Approach?, 15. Exploring Colombia’s National Sports System through the European Model of Sport: Decentralization, Solidarity, and Sport, 16. The African Sport Model: Between Pan-Africanism and European/Olympic Hegemony, 17. Conclusion: The European Model of Sport, a Mythical Reality

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Borja García is Reader in sport policy and governance in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University, UK. He is also a founding member of the Association for the Study of Sport and the European Union (www.sportandeu.com). He has published extensively in top journals such as the Journal of European Public Policy, the Journal of Common Market Studies and European Sport Management Quarterly. Vanja Smokvina is Associate Professor of sports law, labour and social security law at the Faculty of Law at the University of Rijeka, Croatia. He is the Head of the Institute of Sports Law, Sports Policies and Sports Diplomacy and holder of the Jean Monnet Chair in EU Sports Law, Policy & Diplomacy (2022–2025). Vanja is also an Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, and member of the Scientific Committee of the UEFA Football Law Programme.

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