Politics,sport mega events and grassroots mobilization. Anticipated triumph and unexpected failure of political elite in Poland |
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| Affiliation: | University of Łódź, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Poland;Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Calle Luis Enrique Erro No. 1, Tonantzintla, Puebla, C.P. 72000, México;Institute of Sociology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, A111, 3012 Bern, Switzerland;Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Department of Political Science and Philosophy, Czech Republic;School of Education, The University of New South Wales Australia, Sydney, Australia;Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019-0016, United States;Ramapo College of New Jersey, School of Social Science and Human Services, USA |
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| Abstract: | Sport mega events are the most prominent manifestations of the multidimensional and global interrelation between sport and politics. The purpose of the paper is to present the contrasting cases of two Polish SMEs: UEFA European Championships in football (Euro, 2012) and the bid for Winter Olympic Games Cracow 2022. This article pays special attention to the role of Polish political elite in promoting both events and to the grassroots movement that effectively ended the bidding for the latter event. It also discusses how the allegedly successful Euro 2012 tournament was presented in the public discourse in order to avoid conflicts and debates about the very idea of hosting the games. This proved unsuccessful in the latter case. This case deserves scrutiny as it is an unusual example of effective bottom up mobilization of civil society against the whole political elite. |
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| Keywords: | Sport mega events Poland Party politics Grassroots movements Politics Sport |
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