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Sandahl, B. (2024). A comprehensive volume, unique in the field of Olympic and Paralympic studies: [Recension av Routledge Handbook of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Dikaia Chatziefstathiou, Borja García & Benoit Séguin (eds.), 2022] [Review]. Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, Article ID 6 February.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A comprehensive volume, unique in the field of Olympic and Paralympic studies: [Recension av Routledge Handbook of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Dikaia Chatziefstathiou, Borja García & Benoit Séguin (eds.), 2022]
2024 (English)In: Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, ISSN 1652-7224, article id 6 FebruaryArticle, book review (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

Routledge Handbook of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, edited by Dikaia Chatziefstathiou, Borja García & Benoit Séguin (Routledge) presents new research and broad surveys exploring pressing debates, challenges and possible solutions surrounding the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games, across diverse socioeconomic and political contexts. Our reviewer Björn Sandahl contends that the handbook serves as a rich introduction to its field of study and thus should be of great interest to students and the interested general public.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö University, 2024
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-8152 (URN)
Available from: 2024-03-15 Created: 2024-03-15 Last updated: 2024-03-15
Sandahl, B. (2022). Groundbreaking study of the history of Irish physical education: [a review of the book Physical Education in Irish Schools, 1900–2000: A History by Conor Curran, 2022] [Review]. Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, Article ID October 27.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Groundbreaking study of the history of Irish physical education: [a review of the book Physical Education in Irish Schools, 1900–2000: A History by Conor Curran, 2022]
2022 (English)In: Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, ISSN 1652-7224, article id October 27Article, book review (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö University, 2022
National Category
History
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-7419 (URN)
Available from: 2022-12-02 Created: 2022-12-02 Last updated: 2022-12-02
Sandahl, B. (2020). Closing report from a network of sport historians: book review of Sporting Cultures: Global Perspectives / Nick Piercey & Samantha-Jayne Oldfield (eds.), 2019 [Review]. Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, Article ID 24 September.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Closing report from a network of sport historians: book review of Sporting Cultures: Global Perspectives / Nick Piercey & Samantha-Jayne Oldfield (eds.), 2019
2020 (English)In: Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, ISSN 1652-7224, article id 24 SeptemberArticle, book review (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

The chapters in Sporting Cultures: Global Perspectives (MMU Sport and Leisure History) arose from the 4th International Colloquium for Sport History held at Manchester Metropolitan University, Crewe, in spring 2018. The collection is edited by Nick Piercey & Samantha-Jayne Oldfield, and it is reviewed here by Swedish sport historian Björn Sandahl. Our reviewer finds that the collection successfully challenges traditional approaches to sport history.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö University, 2020
National Category
History
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-6323 (URN)
Available from: 2020-10-05 Created: 2020-10-05 Last updated: 2020-10-12Bibliographically approved
Sandahl, B. (2019). Antidopningsarbetets kris i [något slags] belysning: recension av boken The Anti-Doping Crisis in Sport: Causes, consequences, solutions / Paul Dimeo & Verner Møller (2018) [Review]. Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, Article ID 7 juni.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Antidopningsarbetets kris i [något slags] belysning: recension av boken The Anti-Doping Crisis in Sport: Causes, consequences, solutions / Paul Dimeo & Verner Møller (2018)
2019 (Swedish)In: Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, ISSN 1652-7224, article id 7 juniArticle, book review (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö universitet, 2019
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-5777 (URN)
Available from: 2019-06-14 Created: 2019-06-14 Last updated: 2019-06-14Bibliographically approved
Sandahl, B. (2018). Dopningsfrågan i ett franskt perspektiv: recension av boken Doping in Elite Sports: Voices of French Sportspeople and Their Doctors, 1950–2010 [Review]. Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, Article ID 26 september.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Dopningsfrågan i ett franskt perspektiv: recension av boken Doping in Elite Sports: Voices of French Sportspeople and Their Doctors, 1950–2010
2018 (Swedish)In: Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, ISSN 1652-7224, article id 26 septemberArticle, book review (Other academic) Published
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-5429 (URN)
Available from: 2018-10-15 Created: 2018-10-15 Last updated: 2018-10-15
Sandahl, B. (2017). Finns det en framgångsmodell för OS?: Recension av boken "Success and Failure of Countries at the Olympic Games" av Danyel Reiche [Review]. Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, Article ID 7 februari.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Finns det en framgångsmodell för OS?: Recension av boken "Success and Failure of Countries at the Olympic Games" av Danyel Reiche
2017 (Swedish)In: Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, ISSN 1652-7224, article id 7 februariArticle, book review (Other academic) Published
Abstract [sv]

Alla som är intresserade av idrott har förmodligen på något vis en relation till de olympiska spelen. Som den största och därmed främsta av alla idrottsevenemang, möjligen undantaget världsmästerskapen i fotboll, har de olympiska spelen analyserats sönder och samman ur ett antal olika perspektiv. Mindre är dock skrivet om en faktor som förmodligen funnits på näthinnan hos alla dem som följt Sveriges framgångar och motgångar i de olika evenemangen, nämligen: finns det en framgångsmodell för OS? Den frågan försöker Danyel Reiche svara på i Success and Failure of the Countries at the Olympic Games.

National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-4780 (URN)
Available from: 2017-02-20 Created: 2017-02-20 Last updated: 2017-11-29
Sandahl, B. (2016). Två antologier om dopning och anti-dopningsarbete – från tidskriftsnummer till böcker: recension av böckerna A Global History of Doping in Sport: Drugs, Policy, and Politics / John Gleaves & Thomas M. Hunt (red) och Anti-doping: Policy and Governance / Barrie Houlihan & Mike McNamee (red) [Review]. Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum (22 april)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Två antologier om dopning och anti-dopningsarbete – från tidskriftsnummer till böcker: recension av böckerna A Global History of Doping in Sport: Drugs, Policy, and Politics / John Gleaves & Thomas M. Hunt (red) och Anti-doping: Policy and Governance / Barrie Houlihan & Mike McNamee (red)
2016 (Swedish)In: Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, ISSN 1652-7224, no 22 aprilArticle, book review (Other academic) Published
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-4422 (URN)
Available from: 2016-04-25 Created: 2016-04-25 Last updated: 2017-11-30
Sandahl, B. (2015). Olympisk utväxt under luppen – om de olympiska ungdomsspelen: recension av boken The Youth Olympic Games, red: Dag Vidar Hanstad, Milena M. Parent och Barrie Houlihan [Review]. Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum (7 okt)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Olympisk utväxt under luppen – om de olympiska ungdomsspelen: recension av boken The Youth Olympic Games, red: Dag Vidar Hanstad, Milena M. Parent och Barrie Houlihan
2015 (Swedish)In: Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, ISSN 1652-7224, no 7 oktArticle, book review (Other academic) Published
Abstract [sv]

Björn Sandahl har tagit sig an antologin The Youth Olympic Games sammanställd av Dag Vidar Hanstad, Milena M. Parent & Barrie Houlihan (Routledge). Kanske något prematur, definitivt något spretig och med diffus målgrupp, är boken ändå ett innehållsrikt, viktigt och välkommet bidrag till den olympiska avknoppningsforskningen.

National Category
History Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-4183 (URN)
Available from: 2015-10-29 Created: 2015-10-29 Last updated: 2017-12-01
Sandahl, B. (2014). Ceremonier och symboler: OS i London 2012: recension av boken Olympic Ceremonialism and the Performance of National Character av Rodanthi Tzanelli [Review]. Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum (4 december)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Ceremonier och symboler: OS i London 2012: recension av boken Olympic Ceremonialism and the Performance of National Character av Rodanthi Tzanelli
2014 (Swedish)In: Idrottsforum.org/Nordic sport science forum, ISSN 1652-7224, no 4 decemberArticle, book review (Other academic) Published
Abstract [sv]

Ceremonierna, har det sagts, håller på att ta över de olympiska spelen! Nåja, det är kanske något överdrivet, men det är förvisso sant att framför allt öppningsceremonierna men också avslutningsceremonierna sedan Moskvaspelen 1980 blivit alltmer av ett underhållningsspektakel. Redan i de antika spelen var emellertid ceremonierna viktiga så det är knappast ett modernt påfund, och dagens olika ceremoniella beståndsdelar fastslogs redan i samband med sommarspelen i Antwerpen 1920. Spår av de antika spelens ceremoniel syns för övrigt i de moderna spelens ceremonier, mest notabelt är olika kopplingar till spelens grekiska ursprung. Det är med andra ord läge för en uttömmande studie av de olympiska öppnings- och avslutningsceremoniernas kulturella och identitetsmässiga signifikans, inom och utanför idrotten. Och kanske tänkte Björn Sandahl att det var det som bjöds när han öppnade kuvertet från idrottsforum.org och drog fram boken med titeln Olympic Ceremonialism and the Performance of National Character: From London 2012 to Rio 2016 (Palgrave Macmillan). Men författaren, kultursociologiprofessorn Rodanthi Tzanelli vid University of Leeds, är av allt att döma ganska långt ifrån att uppfylla den förhoppningen. Det är inte så att hennes bok är dålig, menar vår recensent, tvärtom; analyserna är klarsynta, logiska och relevanta och boken kan varmt rekommenderas. Men perspektivet är alldeles för för snävt. Och, allvarligast av allt, det femte och avslutande kapitlet saknas i boken.

National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-3607 (URN)
Available from: 2014-12-09 Created: 2014-12-09 Last updated: 2017-12-05
Sandahl, B. (2005). Ett ämne för alla?: normer och praktik i grundskolans idrottsundervisning 1962-2002. (Doctoral dissertation). Stockholm: Carlsson
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Ett ämne för alla?: normer och praktik i grundskolans idrottsundervisning 1962-2002
2005 (Swedish)Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This thesis focuses on the physical education in the Swedish compulsory school-system during the period of 1962-2002. The background for the study is an ongoing debate concerning the deteriorating physical health among the Swedish adolescents, a development commonly explained by the decreased amount of physical education provided by the compulsory school-system.

The thesis is divided into three empirical parts. The aim of the first part is to compare the physical education on the normative level, as comprehended from the national curriculum, with the practical level, that is the contents of the subject according to the teachers themselves during the period. The aim of the second part is to analyse similarities and differences on the normative and practical level and try to explain them. The thesis also contains a third part, an international study where the Swedish results are compared with the physical education in Germany, England, Denmark, the USSR and the USA during the same period.

The result of the comparison shows similarities and differences. The most important similarities concerns the amount of time allocated to the subject and the aims with the education. The normative level exerts a great influence over the practical level regarding the amount of allocated time. Reductions on the normative level have corresponded with changes on the practical level. Regarding the aims of the physical education there seem to exist a mutual consent on the normative and practical level. On both levels the subject has been motivated by the health benefits gained by physical activity. Aesthetic and result-orientated aims were not given any major concern. The greatest difference is that recreational aims are given more concern on practical level than on normative. However, when studying the activities that were recommended on the normative level in comparison to what actually took place, great differences are revealed. While the curriculum recommended a broad range of activities, from different sports to theoretical education, the teachers focused on a narrow range of activities, mainly ball sports, gymnastics and track and field.

This results in another question. How could it be that the normative and practical level shows such so great similarities concerning the aims of the subject when the activities that were preferred differed so substantially? In the second part of the study, this question is in focus. The following analysis shows that the normative level in all respects adjusted itself to changes in the society during the second half of the 20th century. The practical level on the other hand did not exhibit any such adjustments. Rather, local factors, as the availability of sports facilities, the direction and intensity of the local sports movement, and the teachers and students own experience of sports proved to be important factors. The conclusion thus is, that while the normative level, the national curriculum, was influenced by changes in society, the practical level, that is the education provided by the physical education-teachers, was influenced by the facilities available and experiences of the participants in the physical education. This also explains the similarities and differences shown in the first part of the study.

The result of the third part, the international comparison, shows that the Swedish situation was not unique. In general the results corresponds well with existing research on physical education in Denmark and Germany. These nations have several things in common with Sweden, most importantly the organisation of the national sports movement and a historical gymnastic legacy. This argument is also strengthened by the fact that the other nations studied, England, the USA and the USSR, differed substantially from Sweden concerning the subject of physical education. Neither of these nations has shared the gymnastic legacy nor are the sports movements organized in the same manner as the formerly mentioned nations.

Thus, the conclusion of the thesis is that while the curriculum seemed to adjust itself after the changes in society during the second half of the 20th century, the physical education teachers adjusted the education in accordance with their own experience of sport, with the popular local sports and with the availability of facilities in close proximity of the school. As a consequence, major differences regarding the contents of the physical education developed between the normative and the practical level while the aims of the education showed great similarities on both levels.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Carlsson, 2005
National Category
History
Research subject
Social Sciences/Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-1953 (URN)91-7203-689-3 (ISBN)
Public defence
2005-05-20, Aulan, Idrottshögskolan, Lidingövägen 1, Stockholm, 13:00
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Diss. Stockholm : Stockholms universitet, 2005

Available from: 2011-10-26 Created: 2011-10-21 Last updated: 2018-03-09Bibliographically approved
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