Challenges in regulating full contact martial arts and combat sports
| Autor: | Annelies Knoppers, Maarten van Bottenburg, Marianne Dortants |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Government
Martial arts business.industry 05 social sciences 030229 sport sciences Public relations Power (social and political) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management Law 0502 economics and business Public order Sociology business 050212 sport leisure & tourism Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Culturally appropriate Governmentality |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. 8:473-490 |
| ISSN: | 1940-6959 1940-6940 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19406940.2016.1170717 |
| Popis: | We use the concept of governmentality to explore how different historically constituted regimes of practice operate to govern the thinking and practicing of full-contact martial arts and combat sports (FCMACS) in the Netherlands and consequently, to resist regulation. After conducting 43 interviews, observing a meeting and various FCMACS events, and analysing media and relevant documents, we conclude that the (traditional) boundaries between (commercialised) sports and government are strained since the government bans certain events and yet implements policy goals through community FCMACS. The public order and safety regime has now becomes relevant in addition to the already existing sport and economic regimes of practice. Each regime shapes constructions of problems and solutions differently and applies varying technologies of power that are historically and culturally appropriate to that regime. The terms ‘dialogue of the deaf’ and ‘power vacuum’ illustrate the resulting impasse. The data show t... |
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