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Diplomacy - Athletes as third-culture builders

In: Handbook of Sport and International Development

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  • Soolmaz Abooali
  • Margarita Tadevosyan

Abstract

Athletes are increasing utilising their platform to address a broad range of issues in society, with very little signs of slowing down. As they communicate and encourage messages that influence hearts and minds, athlete-led instances heed the call for greater understanding into the athlete’s role as a diplomatic actor. The following discussion probes further to posit that athletes have the potential to act as ‘third culture’ builders whose strength lies in eliciting empathy which can be used to encourage mutually beneficial experiences among peoples.

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  • Soolmaz Abooali & Margarita Tadevosyan, 2023. "Diplomacy - Athletes as third-culture builders," Chapters, in: Nico Schulenkorf & Jon Welty Peachey & Ramón Spaaij & Holly Collison-Randall (ed.), Handbook of Sport and International Development, chapter 29, pages 346-357, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20349_29
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