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Olympic citizenship and the (un)specialness of the national vest : rethinking the links between sport and citizenship law
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Kostakopoulou, Theodora and Schrauwen, Antoinette Adriana Maria (2014) Olympic citizenship and the (un)specialness of the national vest : rethinking the links between sport and citizenship law. International Journal of Law in Context, Volume 10 (Number 2). pp. 143-162. doi:10.1017/S1744552314000081 ISSN 1744-5523.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1744552314000081
Abstract
The increasing mobility of athletes prompts a reconsideration of the presumed connection between allegiance, identity and nationality. Olympic citizenship challenges traditional understandings of community membership by calling into question the privileged status of birthright citizenship and by bringing forth a different, more fluid and changeable notion of belonging. By juxtaposing the ‘old’ world of nations competing via ‘their’ athletes, as momentary representatives of the nation, for glory, medals, dominance and prestige, to the increasing mobility of sportspersons engaging in the pursuit of athletic excellence and creative self-expression, we argue that neither the enactment of tighter rules to prevent ‘citizenship shopping’ nor the transformation of the Olympic Games into athletes' Olympics are desirable reforms. Instead, we propose a participatory growth model which would allow athletes to choose the country they intend to represent following their enmeshment into a localised web of socio-economic interactions and a flexible framework of citizenship. This cannot but have wider implications for the Olympic Charter and for politics in general.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | K Law [Moys] > KM Common Law, Public Law K Law [Moys] > KN Common Law, Private Law |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Health and Social Studies Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sports -- Law and legislation, Athletes -- Legal status, laws, etc, Citizenship -- Social aspects, Sports and globalization, Nationalism and sports | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Law in Context | ||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||
ISSN: | 1744-5523 | ||||||
Official Date: | June 2014 | ||||||
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Volume: | Volume 10 | ||||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 143-162 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S1744552314000081 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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