Chapter 12 - Sports, Politics and Policy

Question 1

politics

Answer 1

the means by which power is used to influence the nature and content of government activities

Question 2

government

Answer 2

the process of enacting policies and decisions on the part of officials within a political apparatus

Question 3

state

Answer 3

a political apparatus ruling over a given territory, whose authority is backed by the legal system

Question 4

public policy

Answer 4

course of action or inaction selected by public authorities to address an issue

Question 5

policies

Answer 5

specific coursed of action to fulfill the goals of a policy

Question 6

indirect action

Answer 6

provision of information, expenditures, and regulations

Question 7

direct action

Answer 7

creation of state agencies or crown corporations (state is delivery provider)

Question 8

bureaucratic divide of sporting levels responsibility of federal government

Answer 8

sport Canada and healthy living unit

Question 9

sport as an ideological instrument of social cohesion

Answer 9

1. promotes prestige of nation, national unity and dominant understanding
2. 90% of national viewing audience was tuned in the gold-medal game
3. 15 million people watched the 2014 olympics

Question 10

sport as an instrument of economic development

Answer 10

building infrastructure for sport events (olympics)

Question 11

sport as an instrument of foreign policy

Answer 11

the use of sport in the pursuit of specific foreign policy objectives

Question 12

sport as an instrument of social development and social inclusion

Answer 12

improve physical fitness of citizens. since 1960’s significant amounts of public funds have for the olympics are larger compared to public resources

Question 13

federal children’s tax credit

Answer 13

1. up to $500 in eligible fees may be claimed per child enrolled in sports if credit is worth $75.00

Question 14

political populism

Answer 14

the use of sport legitimize various political leaders and their political agendas as representatives of mass / ordinary people

Question 15

populism’s relation to hegemony

Answer 15

populism plays on the division in society between ordinary folks and a powerful elite

Question 16

own the podium

Answer 16

movement run by a non-profit organization launched in 2005

Question 17

goal of ‘own the podium’

Answer 17

goal is to improve and professionalize high performance sport and to win the most medals at the 2010 games

Question 18

issue of ‘own the podium ‘

Answer 18

1. medal count fetish and goal rational action
2. OTP expensive during a time of austerity and declining mass participation
3. OTP favours best athletes, creating 2 classes of athletes and gives low priority to any sport or athlete unlikely to win a medal dividend on the country’s investment

Question 19

2010 - 2018 OTP Canada results

Answer 19

2010: won 3rd overall = 26 (14 golds)
2012: placed 36th overall = 18 medals (1 gold)
2014: won 4th in medals counting = 25 (10 gold)
2016: won 29th overall = 22 (4 gold)
2018: won 3rd overall (11 golds)