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Resisting the pressures of globalisation: the repeated failure of elite sport reforms in re-united Germany
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posted on 2020-09-17, 15:09 authored by Henk Erik Meier, Borja Garcia-GarciaBorja Garcia-Garcia, Mara KonjerDuring the German divide, the two Germanys developed quite different elite sport systems. After reunification, the expensive and compromised East German state sport system was dismantled and the West German neo-corporatist policy approach to elite sport prevailed. The neo-corporatist approach is characterised by a large number of veto players which constantly bargain over influence and scarce resources. Globalisation and the diffusion of East German policy approaches have increased the competitive intensity in international sport and made the neo-corporatist approach increasingly anachronistic. Declining competitiveness has inspired several initiatives of the federal government to reform elite sport policymaking. So far, German elite sport seems to represent a policy domain where neo-corporatism resists the pressures of globalisation.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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German PoliticsVolume
30Issue
4Pages
562-582Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Association for the Study of German PoliticsPublisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in German Politics on 15 September 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09644008.2020.1817899.Acceptance date
2020-08-25Publication date
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0964-4008eISSN
1743-8993Publisher version
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