International Sporting Events and Human Rights (eBook)

Does the Host Nation Play Fair?

Zack Bowersox (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
258 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-6219-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This work tests the relationship between international sporting events and human rights. It finds that hosts are sensitive to the increased attention their position brings and are more likely to then behave themselves.

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Questions have recently been raised about the political consequences a state experiences when hosting an international sporting event. As the Olympics and FIFA World Cup have visited Brazil and Russia, and the latter is slated to visit Qatar, issues regarding human rights, poverty, and human trafficking have seemingly appeared as frequently in media coverage as the results of competition. This text begins to build an understanding of just how a state's human rights are influenced by both the want and actual experience of hosting. It finds that hosts behave differently when the eyes of the world are on them and that these events do produce positive effects on a state's level of respect for human rights. Yet, it also identifies those areas in which hosts, organizations like the IOC and FIFA, and the international sports regime can help to strengthen and expand human rights

Autor

Zack Bowersox is lecturer of international affairs at the University of Georgia.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Sport in SocietyChapter 2: Sport and the International SystemChapter 3: International Organization and SportChapter 4: Human Rights and International Sporting EventsChapter 5: Expressive Rights and International Sporting EventsChapter 6: International Sporting Events and Human TraffickingChapter 7: Women’s Rights and International Sporting EventsChapter 8: ISOs and Human Rights

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.11.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Lexington Research in Sports, Politics, and International Relations
• Zusatzinfo: 11 Illustrations including: - 4 Black & White Illustrations; - 7 Tables.
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Schlagworte: Human Rights • Human Trafficking • International sporting events • Olympics • World Cup
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-6219-1 / 1498562191
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-6219-5 / 9781498562195