Comparison of Sporting Values in Europe: Effects of Social Institutionalization in Three European Territories

Abstract

This study examines the representations conveyed by sports practitioners and the ideologies that govern sports institutions in three European countries. Sports organizations seem to construct identitary references for practitioners through the values they convey and the forms of sociability that they develop. This international study compares the practices and representations of sport based on a questionnaire sent to a sample of practitioners in Cardiff, Great Britain; Nice, France; and Pitesti, Romania. The findings indicate some differences. In Great Britain, sports practices remain imbued with educational values, in line with the ideals that were at the origin of the sporting movement. In France, sports practices seem more rooted in an orthodoxy promoted by community supervision. In Romania, sport remains attached to a therapeutic vocation and social mobility in connection with the communist past.

Exploring Scientific Management in County Departments of Sports and Youth (CDYS) in Romania: Insights, Challenges, and Pathways Forward<strong> </strong>

“…Additionally, approximately onethird of respondents (26.5%) believe that only small differences exist, while another 22.5% consider the differences to be very small. This suggests that there is a significant number of individuals who do not perceive significant differences between the normative-functional framework in Romania and those identified internationally (Massiera et al, 2018). Overall, these responses indicate a debate regarding the level of compliance of the normative-functional framework governing the operation of the National Sports System in Romania with those identified internationally.…”

Exploring Scientific Management in County Departments of Sports and Youth (CDSY) in Romania: Insights, Challenges, and Pathways Forward

“…Additionally, approximately one-third of respondents (26.5%) believe that only small differences exist, while another 22.5% consider the differences to be very small. This suggests that there is a significant number of individuals who do not perceive significant differences between the normative-functional framework in Romania and those identified internationally (Massiera et al, 2018). Overall, these responses indicate a debate regarding the level of compliance of the normative-functional framework governing the operation of the National Sports System in Romania with those identified internationally.…”

Disposición al engaño y astucia en deportistas universitarios andaluces de deportes colectivos

“…Las diferencias entre muestras de diferentes países también podrían explicarse por la manera de entender el deporte en cada país (Massiera, Imed, y Thierry, 2018).…”