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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Politics and Sports Capitalism in the Southeast Asian Games

Bonn Juego

subject

politisoituminenpolitiikkaurheiluSoutheast AsiaSoutheast Asian Games

description

The Southeast Asian Games has been negatively politicised since the 1950s. It has sported a complex interplay of colonialism, decolonisation, nationalism, geopolitics, patronage and capitalism. Repurposing it for the well-being of individual athletes and the regional sporting culture is long overdue. Yet, to depoliticise sports toward positive purpose necessitates collective political action. nonPeerReviewed

https://www.boell.de/en/2020/09/23/perspectives-asia-sports-and-politics