2022 eass & ISSA World Congress of Sociology of Sport

Session

PS 53: Sport, Policy and Governance 4

Jun 9, 2022, 9:00 AM

Description

Chair: Enrico Michelini
Room: N6, Building HZM 1st Floor

174. International Relations and sport: A correlational study of the World Power Index and the Pan-American Games medal table (1975-2019)

Carlos Pulleiro Méndez

6/9/22, 9:00 AM

Objective and method: This paper analyses the correlation between the World Power Index (WPI) and the state performance at the Pan American Games from the edition of Mexico City 1975 to Lima 2019. The starting point is that International Relations theory can offer a proper explanation of the variability of the state behaviour in sport considering that sport is one of the means to realise the...

175. Integrity Governance: A new reform agenda for sport?

Mike Sam, Cecilia Stenling, Minhyeok Tak

6/9/22, 9:20 AM

Globally, ‘integrity’ has emerged as a critical concept for sport, with scholars, government agencies and NGOs proposing the establishment of ‘integrity systems’, comprising measures such as new policy units, ombudsmen and mediation services. The purpose of this study is to assess the coherence of this reform agenda, to determine its core features and gauge whether it constitutes a new...

176. Instructor Certifications in climbing, mountaineering and winter sports: Adjustment between curriculum and labour needs

Joana Sans Osanz, Eduard Inglés Yuba

6/9/22, 9:40 AM

Preceding research findings show a height of outdoor sports and the consequent need to train qualified instructors. Even so, the training system for professionals in the sector is still being ordered and structured, and previous work have highlighted existing diversity in the regulation of outdoor activities in Spain.

This article aims: 1) to compare the regulations in the professional...

177. Women in International Sports Governance: a Gendered Field Approach

Lucie Schoch, Madeleine Pape

6/9/22, 10:00 AM

This paper offers to reconceptualize the gender dynamics of international sport governance in order to better understand the underrepresentation of women in leadership. It considers how the actions of international sports federations are shaped by the broader field of sports governance within which they are nested. We investigate the case of the International Cycling Union (UCI), which is an...