Sport under Communism [electronic resource] : Behind the East German 'Miracle' /
Dennis, M.author.
Grix, J.author.
Based on original Stasi and Communist Party archival sources, this book uncovers why East Germany was for two decades running one of the most successful nations in the Summer and Winter Olympics, exploring how the central elite sports system was beset by internal tensions and disputes.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Figures and Table; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Contestation in the East German Sports System; 1 The Political Use of Sport; 2 The Development of East German Elite Sport; 3 Finding and Promoting Young Sporting Talent; 4 Drugs in Elite Sport in the German 'Doping' Republic; 5 Steroids and Justice; 6 Football - East German Sport's 'Problem Child'; 7 The 'Flipside' of the Sports 'Miracle': Declining Mass Sport Provision; 8 The East German Model in Comparative Context; 9 Key Themes and Findings; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on original Stasi and Communist Party archival sources, this book uncovers why East Germany was for two decades running one of the most successful nations in the Summer and Winter Olympics, exploring how the central elite sports system was beset by internal tensions and disputes.
Political sociology.
Europe, Central—History.
Sports—Sociological aspects.
Political theory.
Sports.
Social history.
Political Sociology.
History of Germany and Central Europe.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Political Theory.
Popular Science in Sports.
Social History.