How to influence national pride? the olympic medal index as a unifying narrative

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-102

  van Hilvoorde, Ivo ^a   Elling, Agnes ^b   Stokvis, Ruud ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WJH Mulier Institute   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Narrative; National pride; Olympic medal index; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649255135     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690209356989     Document Type: Article

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