Sport and civil society

Political Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 709-726

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References (55)

1. L. Allison, 'Sport and Politics', in Lincoln Allison (ed.), The Politics of Sport (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1986), pp. 1-26.
2. Tony Mason, Association Football and English Society 1863-1915 (London, Harvester, 1980).
3. R. Holt, Sport and the British: a Modern History (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1989); Grant Jarvie and Joseph Maguire, Sport and Leisure in Social Thought (London, Routledge, 1994).
4. R. Holt, Sport and the British: a Modern History (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1989); Grant Jarvie and Joseph Maguire, Sport and Leisure in Social Thought (London, Routledge, 1994).
5. B. Houlihan, The Government and Politics of Sport (London, Routledge, 1991).
6. For the first see, for instance, W. J. M. Mackenzie, Politics and Social Science (Penguin, 1967) and for the second Steven Lukes, Power: a Radical View (London, Macmillan, 1975).
7. For the first see, for instance, W. J. M. Mackenzie, Politics and Social Science (Penguin, 1967) and for the second Steven Lukes, Power: a Radical View (London, Macmillan, 1975).
8. G. White, 'Civil society, democratization and development (1): clearing the analytical ground', Democratization, 1, 3 (1994), p. 378.
9. D. Robertson, The Penguin Dictionary of Politics (London, Penguin, 1986), pp. 44-5.
10. J. Urry, The Anatomy of Capitalist Societies. The Economy, Civil Society and the State (London, Macmillan. 1981), p. 12.
11. E. Gellner, 'The Importance of Being Modular', in John A. Hall (ed.), Civil Society: Theory, History, Comparison (London, Polity, 1995), p. 32.
12. L. Diamond, 'Toward democratic consolidation', Journal of Democracy, 5, 3 (1994). Reprinted as 'Third World civil society can promote democracy', in Jonathan S. Petrikin (ed.), The Third World, Opposing Viewpoints (San Diego, Greenhaven, 1995), pp. 151-9.
13. L. Diamond, 'Toward democratic consolidation', Journal of Democracy, 5, 3 (1994). Reprinted as 'Third World civil society can promote democracy', in Jonathan S. Petrikin (ed.), The Third World, Opposing Viewpoints (San Diego, Greenhaven, 1995), pp. 151-9.
14. Robertson, The Penguin Dictionary of Politics, p. 44.
15. G. Roberts and A Edwards (eds), A New Dictionary of Political Analysis (London, Arnold, 1991), p. 133.
16. R. Scruton, A Dictionary of Political Thought (London, Pan, 1982), p. 66.
17. Urry, The Anatomy of Capitalist Societies, p. 12.
18. K. Tester, Civil Society (London, Routledge, 1992), p. 124.
19. C. Hann, 'Philosophers' Models on the Carpathian Lowlands', in Hall, Civil Society, p. 178.
20. Quoted for example in S. Redhead, 'Sporting Culture, Post-Fandom and Hyperlegality', in L. Allison (ed.), Warwick Working Papers in Sport and Society, vol 4 (Warwick 1995-96), yet, despite a reasonably comprehensive reading of Camus, I cannot find anywhere Camus actually published this remark.
21. See L. Allison, A. Kukhianidze and M. Matsaberidze, 'The Georgian election of 1995', Electoral Studies, 15, 2 (1996).
22. The phrase refers to a description of the committee of the Rugby Union by Will Carling, the England captain.
23. F. Inglis, 'The State of Play: Sport, Capital and Happiness', in Allison, Warwick Working Papers in Sport and Society and Popular Culture and Political Power (London, Harvester, 1988).
24. See T. Monnington, 'Politicians and Sport: Uses and Abuses', in L. Allison (ed.), The Changing Politics of Sport (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1993). I am grateful to T. Monnington for further comments on the case.
25. W. Vamplew, 'Soccer in Australia: a Lost Cause?', in L. Alllison (ed.), Warwick Working Papers in Sport and Society, vol. 4 (1995-96), p. 4.
26. P. Mosely, 'Balkan Politics in Australian Soccer', in J. O'Hara (ed.), Ethnicity and Soccer in Australia (Sydney, 1994), p. 33.
27. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Transition, 1995 Report. See K. Drone and A. Robinson 'Strong growth forecast for Eastern Europe', Financial Times, 2 November 1995, p. 12.
28. L. Allison, 'The concept of civil society in Georgia, Thailand and South Africa', South African Journal of International Affairs, 4, 2 (1997).
29. See, for instance A. Laothamatas, 'Sleeping Giant Awakens: the Middle Class in Thai Politics', in C. Phuangkasem, S. Sornsri, C. Songsamphan and S. Wajjwalku (eds), Democratic Experiences in South East Asian Countries (Thammasat University Press, 1993), pp. 80-98 and Kevin Hewison, Power and Politics in Thailand: Essays in Political Economy (Manila and Wollongong, Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers, 1989).
30. See, for instance A. Laothamatas, 'Sleeping Giant Awakens: the Middle Class in Thai Politics', in C. Phuangkasem, S. Sornsri, C. Songsamphan and S. Wajjwalku (eds), Democratic Experiences in South East Asian Countries (Thammasat University Press, 1993), pp. 80-98 and Kevin Hewison, Power and Politics in Thailand: Essays in Political Economy (Manila and Wollongong, Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers, 1989).
31. For the first hand account of Gamsakhurdia's (incredible) world view, see Z. Gamsakhurdia, The Spiritual Mission of Georgia (Tbilisi, Ganatleba, 1981). Other published work by the author on Georgia includes L. Allison, 'The other Georgia on my mind, hopes and fears for an ancient land', The World & I, 8, 7 (1993); L. Allison, A. Kukhianidze and M. Matsaberidze, 'The Georgian election of 1992', Electoral Studies, 12, 2 (1993); L. Allison, 'The Georgian general election of 1995', Electoral Studies, 15, 2 (1996); and L. Allison and N. Kukhianidze, 'An everyday story of ethnic cleansing', New Statesman and Society, 27 January 1995.
32. For the first hand account of Gamsakhurdia's (incredible) world view, see Z. Gamsakhurdia, The Spiritual Mission of Georgia (Tbilisi, Ganatleba, 1981). Other published work by the author on Georgia includes L. Allison, 'The other Georgia on my mind, hopes and fears for an ancient land', The World & I, 8, 7 (1993); L. Allison, A. Kukhianidze and M. Matsaberidze, 'The Georgian election of 1992', Electoral Studies, 12, 2 (1993); L. Allison, 'The Georgian general election of 1995', Electoral Studies, 15, 2 (1996); and L. Allison and N. Kukhianidze, 'An everyday story of ethnic cleansing', New Statesman and Society, 27 January 1995.
33. For the first hand account of Gamsakhurdia's (incredible) world view, see Z. Gamsakhurdia, The Spiritual Mission of Georgia (Tbilisi, Ganatleba, 1981). Other published work by the author on Georgia includes L. Allison, 'The other Georgia on my mind, hopes and fears for an ancient land', The World & I, 8, 7 (1993); L. Allison, A. Kukhianidze and M. Matsaberidze, 'The Georgian election of 1992', Electoral Studies, 12, 2 (1993); L. Allison, 'The Georgian general election of 1995', Electoral Studies, 15, 2 (1996); and L. Allison and N. Kukhianidze, 'An everyday story of ethnic cleansing', New Statesman and Society, 27 January 1995.
34. For the first hand account of Gamsakhurdia's (incredible) world view, see Z. Gamsakhurdia, The Spiritual Mission of Georgia (Tbilisi, Ganatleba, 1981). Other published work by the author on Georgia includes L. Allison, 'The other Georgia on my mind, hopes and fears for an ancient land', The World & I, 8, 7 (1993); L. Allison, A. Kukhianidze and M. Matsaberidze, 'The Georgian election of 1992', Electoral Studies, 12, 2 (1993); L. Allison, 'The Georgian general election of 1995', Electoral Studies, 15, 2 (1996); and L. Allison and N. Kukhianidze, 'An everyday story of ethnic cleansing', New Statesman and Society, 27 January 1995.
35. For the first hand account of Gamsakhurdia's (incredible) world view, see Z. Gamsakhurdia, The Spiritual Mission of Georgia (Tbilisi, Ganatleba, 1981). Other published work by the author on Georgia includes L. Allison, 'The other Georgia on my mind, hopes and fears for an ancient land', The World & I, 8, 7 (1993); L. Allison, A. Kukhianidze and M. Matsaberidze, 'The Georgian election of 1992', Electoral Studies, 12, 2 (1993); L. Allison, 'The Georgian general election of 1995', Electoral Studies, 15, 2 (1996); and L. Allison and N. Kukhianidze, 'An everyday story of ethnic cleansing', New Statesman and Society, 27 January 1995.
36. In E. Banfield, The Moral Basis of a Backward Society (Glencoe, Free, 1958).
37. See James Riordan Sport, Politics and Communism (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1991).
38. I would like to thank the following staff of the Georgian Times for talking to me about contemporary Georgian sport: Alexander Breyadze, Slava Sologhashvili, Akami Grimradze and Sandro Bregadze. Also Zviad Kozidze (editor) and Bidzina Makashvili of 7 Days magazine.
39. Hann, 'Philosophers' Models on the Carpathian Lowlands', p. 166.
40. E. Bardecke, 'Six-party coalition set to rule in Thailand', Financial Times, 19 November 1996, 8.4.
41. See P. G. Warr (ed.), The Thai Economy in Transition (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993) and P. Jumbala, Nation-building and Democratization in Thailand: a Political History (Bangkok, Chulalongkorn University Press, 1992). I would like to thank Prudhisan Jumbala, my host in Thailand, for many helpful comments and much assistance.
42. See P. G. Warr (ed.), The Thai Economy in Transition (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993) and P. Jumbala, Nation-building and Democratization in Thailand: a Political History (Bangkok, Chulalongkorn University Press, 1992). I would like to thank Prudhisan Jumbala, my host in Thailand, for many helpful comments and much assistance.
43. On 23 February 1995 I was the opening speaker (apart from an introduction by the Minister of Sport) at what was said to be the first academic conference held in Thailand on the subject of sport and this analysis reflects the discussion at that conference. I would like to thank, among others, Dr Nat lndrapana, Deputy Governor of the Sports Authorities of Thailand and member of the International Olympic Committee, Thavatchai Sajakul. Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Football Association of Thailand, Prof. Chargen Wattanasin, Vice President of the International Badminton Federation and Mr Edward Thangarajah, Senior Sports Editor of the Bangkok Post, for talking to me. See Bangkok Post, 22 February 1995, Sunday Post, 26 February 1995.
44. On 23 February 1995 I was the opening speaker (apart from an introduction by the Minister of Sport) at what was said to be the first academic conference held in Thailand on the subject of sport and this analysis reflects the discussion at that conference. I would like to thank, among others, Dr Nat lndrapana, Deputy Governor of the Sports Authorities of Thailand and member of the International Olympic Committee, Thavatchai Sajakul. Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Football Association of Thailand, Prof. Chargen Wattanasin, Vice President of the International Badminton Federation and Mr Edward Thangarajah, Senior Sports Editor of the Bangkok Post, for talking to me. See Bangkok Post, 22 February 1995, Sunday Post, 26 February 1995.
45. For an early account of the civics under apartheid, see J. Seekings, '"Trailing behind the masses": The United Democratic Front and township, politics in the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vaal Region, 1983-84', Journal of Southern African Studies, 18, 1 (1992). Their current dilemmas are covered by J. Cherry, 'The politics of hegemony and the politics of development: the 1994 elections in South Africa's Eastern Cape', Democratization, 1, 3 (1994).
46. For an early account of the civics under apartheid, see J. Seekings, '"Trailing behind the masses": The United Democratic Front and township, politics in the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vaal Region, 1983-84', Journal of Southern African Studies, 18, 1 (1992). Their current dilemmas are covered by J. Cherry, 'The politics of hegemony and the politics of development: the 1994 elections in South Africa's Eastern Cape', Democratization, 1, 3 (1994).
47. See A. Guelke, 'The Politicisation of South African Sport', in L. Allison (ed.), The Politics of Sport (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1986) and A. Guelke, 'Sport and the End of Apartheid', in Lincoln Allison (ed.), The Changing Politics of Sport (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1995.
48. See A. Guelke, 'The Politicisation of South African Sport', in L. Allison (ed.), The Politics of Sport (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1986) and A. Guelke, 'Sport and the End of Apartheid', in Lincoln Allison (ed.), The Changing Politics of Sport (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1995.
49. S. Lee Gruzd, 'Back on the Field: the Changing Political Rôle of Sport in South Africa, 1988-95', thesis, Witwatersrand University, 1995, p. 21.
50. Gruzd, 'Back on the Field', p. 53.
51. See W. B. Gallie, 'Essentially contested concepts', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, LVI, 1955-56 and W. Connolly, The Terms of Political Discourse (Heath, 1974).
52. See W. B. Gallie, 'Essentially contested concepts', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, LVI, 1955-56 and W. Connolly, The Terms of Political Discourse (Heath, 1974).
53. C. L. Stevenson, Ethics and Language (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1944).
54. See Georgia 's Rugby Union, pamphlet produced by the Georgian RFU (1996).
55. In remarks in his preliminary address to the conference on Civil Society held by the Centre for the Study of Democratization at the University of Warwick, 17 February 1996.