"Més que un joc?”: sport and contemporary political nationalism in Scotland and Catalonia

This article focuses upon two contexts which have arguably received the most academic and media attention with regard to the interconnection between sport and secessionist nationalism, Scotland and Catalonia, given that both “submerged nations” have held public referenda on the topic of independence...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Whigham, Stuart, López González, Hibai, 1983-, Ramon Vegas, Xavier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/44223
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/44223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193723519836398
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sport
Politics
Nationalism
Scotland
Catalonia
Independence
Secessionism
id ES_d8e288747eef173e33e84e3250d6442a
oai_identifier_str oai:recercat.cat:10230/44223
network_acronym_str ES
network_name_str España
repository_id_str
spelling "Més que un joc?”: sport and contemporary political nationalism in Scotland and CataloniaWhigham, StuartLópez González, Hibai, 1983-Ramon Vegas, XavierSportPoliticsNationalismScotlandCataloniaIndependenceSecessionismThis article focuses upon two contexts which have arguably received the most academic and media attention with regard to the interconnection between sport and secessionist nationalism, Scotland and Catalonia, given that both “submerged nations” have held public referenda on the topic of independence/secession from the states of the United Kingdom and Spain, respectively. The analysis endeavors to draw parallels between the two contexts to critically examine the extent to which similarities and differences are evident in terms of the growth of political nationalism. Finally, the central discussion outlines the extent to which sport contributed to broader political developments in the recent campaigns for the establishment of independent Scottish and Catalan states, focusing upon the actions of prominent sporting personalities and organizations.This research was supported in part by grants from the Oxford Brookes University Central Research Fund as part of the Santander Bank Research Scholarship Visits program.SAGE Publications202020202019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/44223http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193723519836398reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésJournal of Sport and Social Issues. 2019;43(3):219-44Whigham S, Lopez Gonzalez H, Ramon X. "Més que un joc?”: sport and contemporary political nationalism in scotland and catalonia. J Sport Soc Issues. 2019;43(3):219-44. Copyright © 2019 SAGE. DOI: 10.1177/0193723519836398info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/442232026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv "Més que un joc?”: sport and contemporary political nationalism in Scotland and Catalonia
title "Més que un joc?”: sport and contemporary political nationalism in Scotland and Catalonia
spellingShingle "Més que un joc?”: sport and contemporary political nationalism in Scotland and Catalonia
Whigham, Stuart
Sport
Politics
Nationalism
Scotland
Catalonia
Independence
Secessionism
title_short "Més que un joc?”: sport and contemporary political nationalism in Scotland and Catalonia
title_full "Més que un joc?”: sport and contemporary political nationalism in Scotland and Catalonia
title_fullStr "Més que un joc?”: sport and contemporary political nationalism in Scotland and Catalonia
title_full_unstemmed "Més que un joc?”: sport and contemporary political nationalism in Scotland and Catalonia
title_sort "Més que un joc?”: sport and contemporary political nationalism in Scotland and Catalonia
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Whigham, Stuart
López González, Hibai, 1983-
Ramon Vegas, Xavier
author Whigham, Stuart
author_facet Whigham, Stuart
López González, Hibai, 1983-
Ramon Vegas, Xavier
author_role author
author2 López González, Hibai, 1983-
Ramon Vegas, Xavier
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Sport
Politics
Nationalism
Scotland
Catalonia
Independence
Secessionism
topic Sport
Politics
Nationalism
Scotland
Catalonia
Independence
Secessionism
description This article focuses upon two contexts which have arguably received the most academic and media attention with regard to the interconnection between sport and secessionist nationalism, Scotland and Catalonia, given that both “submerged nations” have held public referenda on the topic of independence/secession from the states of the United Kingdom and Spain, respectively. The analysis endeavors to draw parallels between the two contexts to critically examine the extent to which similarities and differences are evident in terms of the growth of political nationalism. Finally, the central discussion outlines the extent to which sport contributed to broader political developments in the recent campaigns for the establishment of independent Scottish and Catalan states, focusing upon the actions of prominent sporting personalities and organizations.
publishDate 2019
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2019
2020
2020
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
format article
status_str acceptedVersion
dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/10230/44223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193723519836398
url http://hdl.handle.net/10230/44223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193723519836398
dc.language.none.fl_str_mv Inglés
language_invalid_str_mv Inglés
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 2019;43(3):219-44
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv SAGE Publications
publisher.none.fl_str_mv SAGE Publications
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
instname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
instname_str Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
reponame_str Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
collection Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
repository.name.fl_str_mv
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1869421239817207808
score 15,812429