The international anti-doping movement and UNESCO : a historical case study
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| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Die internationale Anti-Doping-Bewegung und die UNESCO : eine historische Fallstudie |
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| Autor: | Jedlicka, Scott R.; Hunt, Thomas M. |
| Erschienen in: | The international journal of the history of sport |
| Veröffentlicht: | 30 (2013), 13 (Regional Issue: The Americas), S. 1523-1535, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource Elektronische Ressource (online) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 0952-3367, 1743-9035 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09523367.2013.823404 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU201310007246 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) played a major role in the development of contemporary anti-doping policy. Throughout its existence, and especially since the 1970s, UNESCO has viewed sport as an educational tool. Though it acknowledged the unique problems that drug use in sport presented, UNESCO was reticent to take a leading role in creating and enacting global policy regarding the issue. However, UNESCO eventually came to endorse the World Anti-Doping Agency in 2005 when its member nations adopted the International Convention against Doping in Sport. UNESCO's shift in attitude is explained through the application of institutional isomorphism, an organisational theory that explains the tendency of organisations in a given area or industry to become more similar over time. Verf.-Referat