Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel: Past and Present

ISBN-13: 9781138982826 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 166 str.

Yair Galily;Amir Ben-Porat;?Abar

Opis

The book’s aim is to shed light on processes that shaped the Israeli sport arena since late 19^th century till this very day.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel Yair Galily and Amir Ben-Porat  2. Sport, Politics and Society in Israel: The First Fifty-five Years Yair Galily  3. Israeli Sport in the Transition from a Mandatory Community to a Sovereign State: Trends of Continuity and Change Haggai Harif  4. Maccabi versus Hapoel: The Political Divide that Developed in Sports in Eretz Israel, 1926-1935 Haim Kaufman  5. The Integration of Physical Education into the Curriculum of Israel's Pre-State Education System Talia Ben Israel  6. Reading Sports in Palestine: The Early Days of Sport Reports in the Hebrew Mandatory Press Haim Kaufman and Yair Galily  7. The Sports Column as a Site of Palestinian Nationalism in the 1940s Tamir Sorek  8. Betar: Sports and Politics in a Segmented Society Shlomo Reznik  9. Israel's Integration within the Olympic Movement, 1948-1951 Amichai Alperovich  10. 'Running Nowhere': National Identity and Media Coverage of the Israeli Football Team's Attempt to Qualify for EURO 2000 Alina Bernstein

O autorze

Yair Galily (Ph.D. Leicester) is a sport sociologist and holds academic degrees from universities in Israel, the USA and the Great Britain. He teaches at Zinman College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the Wingate Institute and is founder and head of the Research Unit in the Israeli Football Association (IFA).

Amir Ben-Porat (Ph.D. Strathclyde) is a professor of sociology in the College of Management in Rishon Le'Zion and the author of five books on soccer and society in Israel.