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Dyplomacja sportowa a międzynarodowy wizerunek państwa
Sports diplomacy and the international image of a state

Author(s): Michał Marcin Kobierecki
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Sports Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: sports diplomacy; nation’s brand; sport; public diplomacy;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to investigate the ways of using sport in order to shape international brand of a state. Accordingly, various forms of shaping state’s international image with the use of sports diplomacy have been analyzed and shortly described – within the proposed typology. An attempt to verify a hypothesis concerning sports diplomacy as a significant tool of shaping state’s international brand was also made.

  • Issue Year: 8/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 237-259
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish