Soccer as a political tutor of politics
EUROPE
Games and Sports have always been a binding element for all humanity. They are something that transcends race , religion and culture barriers.
Tamir Bar-On book , Beyond Soccer; International Relations and Politics as seen through the Beautiful Game, presents in a novel way the concepts of Political science and International Relations to the students and general readers as well.
Believing that this sport could use its power to bring social change and chorenence in any society. On regional and international level all games and sports, soccer matches specially, becomes competition for national pride and prestige in which nations and nationals only seek for their victory and trophy.
Some political and International Relations concepts such discourse, sovereignty, geopolitics , realism , liberalism and feminism which otherwise may sound boring and dry to the students and readers are eloquently elaborated by the author using the terminology of sports and soccer that are both interesting and easy to catch for them .
Thus, rising from approximately 2 acres of soccer playing ground to the larger playing field of world politics.
This textbook is a mix of quizzes, discussions, cultural diversity and its understanding presenting them in an interactive way .
A good read for anyone who wants to understand the value of games and sports as a political and gluing force both for national and international politics.
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