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HL10448: The politics of sport

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department for Health
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • assignment (2000 words) (CW 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
The aim of this unit is to examine the contemporary politics of sporting events. It explores major sporting events (such as the Olympic Games, World Cups, Commonwealth Games, Gay Games) from a number of different social science perspectives and takes a multi-disciplinary, thematic approach to understanding the key issues. The main focus is on analysing the cultural, sporting, political, and, economic significance of sporting 'mega-events'.

Learning Outcomes:
In the completion of the unit, students will be able to:
1. Describe the process and identify the key issues involved in bidding for, planning and staging sporting mega-events.
2. Understand the economic, environmental and social impact of previous events and identify lessons for the future.
3. Understand the economic, political, sporting and cultural significance of sporting mega-events.
4. Explore the utility of the major sporting events in contributing to the achievement of national and regional political, economic and social objectives.
5. Engage with issues of governance, sustainability, social equity and ethics in the context of sporting mega-events.

Skills:

* Analysis of research and reflection (F/A)
* Independent work (F)
* Qualitative research skills
* Written communication (A)
* Integrated, cross-disciplinary, intercultural understanding of sport and politics (F/A).

Content:
Students will study:
* From mega-event to sporting spectacle
* Politics and sporting events in historical perspective
* Bidding, planning, staging and evaluation phases
* roles of key stakeholders
* Politics, power, nationalism and international relations
* Cultural politics of mega-events: gender, (dis)abilities, and sexualities
* Mega-events: National and local policy objectives - sport, tourism culture, economic development and urban regeneration
* The economics of the mega-events - costs and benefits, winners and losers
* Ethics, social equity, sustainability and governance
* Measuring the impact & legacies of mega-sporting events.
Programme availability:

HL10448 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department for Health
  • UHHL-AFB11 : BA(Hons) Sport & Social Sciences (Year 1)
  • UHHL-AKB11 : BA(Hons) Sport & Social Sciences with Professional Placement (Year 1)
  • UHHL-AFB20 : BSc(Hons) Sport Management & Coaching (Year 1)
  • UHHL-AKB20 : BSc(Hons) Sport Management & Coaching with Professional Placement (Year 1)

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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