Scandinavian exceptionalism in anti-doping within sport : rooted in ideologies of social welfare and paternalism?
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Skandinavischer Exzeptionalismus bei der Dopingbekämpfung im Sport : verwurzelt in Ideologien der Sozialfürsorge und des Paternalismus? |
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Autor: | Tangen, Jan Ove; Møller, Verner |
Erschienen in: | Sport in society |
Veröffentlicht: | 22 (2019), 4 (Sport and Outdoor Life in the Nordic World), S. 639-653, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 1743-0437, 1743-0445, 1461-0981 |
DOI: | 10.1080/17430437.2017.1389067 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201905003490 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Why are Scandinavian countries so committed to the cause of anti-doping? In this paper, we propose that the Scandinavian mentality, formed by paternalistic welfare models, is a useful framework for understanding anti-doping. We focus on anti-doping policy and work in Norway and Denmark. We start with one high-profile doping case from each country; how it came about; and how it was resolved. Then follows a short description of how anti-doping is organized in Norway and Denmark and how their goals and means are outlined. Two particularities of relevance for the discussion are then presented: the Norwegian self-image and its impact on politics, and Danish amateurism and corrupt idealism. We conclude that Nordic anti-doping is pursued with rigour and determination, and suggest this is rooted in the Nordic countries’ exceptional social-welfare ideology and strong paternalism.