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SPORTS DIPLOMACY OF NORWAY
SPORTS DIPLOMACY OF NORWAY

Author(s): Michał Marcin Kobierecki
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Sports diplomacy; public diplomacy; nation branding; international image of Norway

Summary/Abstract: Norway is perceived as a country with a clear international identity. The aim of the article is to investigate the sports diplomacy of Norway and to examine its influence on the international brand of this country. The author will define the term “sports diplomacy” and attempt to outline the strategy of Norway’s public diplomacy; an analysis of the methods used in Norwegian sports diplomacy will follow. The main hypothesis of this paper is that sports diplomacy only plays a subsidiary role in Norwegian nation branding.

  • Issue Year: 20/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 131-146
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English