This book examines the political significance of sport and its importance for nation-state building and political and economic transition across thirteen post-Soviet and post-socialist countries, primarily located in Eastern Europe. Adopting a critical case-study approach, building on historical and comparative frameworks, the book uses sport as a symbolic lens through which to examine the transition of Eastern European countries to the Western capitalist system. Covering a wide geographical area, from Poland to the Caucuses and Turkmenistan, it explores key themes such as nationalism, governance, power relations, political ideology, separatism, commercialisation and economic development, and the symbolic value of mega-events. Sport, Statehood and Transition in Europe is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in sport policy, the politics of sport or political science. Content: part 1|66 pages Neoliberal sport in the post-socialist countries of Eastern Europe. Ekain Rojo-Labaien, Álvaro Rodríguez-Díaz, Joel Rookwood chapter 2|16 pages The transformation of sport in post-communist Hungary. A transitology-informed approach Gyozo Molnar, Tamás Dóczi chapter 3|17 pages The politics of sport in Poland after 1945. From socialist mass sports to market-oriented elite sports? Jacek Drozda, Krzysztof Jaskulowski, Piotr Majewski chapter 4|16 pages Sport as a mirror of society. The case of Croatia Suncica Bartoluci chapter 5|15 pages Capacities for change. Insights into the Lithuanian sports system Vilma Cingiene, Renatas Mizeras part 2|102 pages Sport transition from the socialist state to the open market Ekain Rojo-Labaien, Álvaro Rodríguez-Díaz, Joel Rookwood chapter 6|19 pages The Romanian sport system. Paths to commercialisation László Péter chapter 7|22 pages Playing in long shadows. Bosnian sport after Yugoslavia, socialism and war Richard Mills chapter 8|17 pages Sport and physical activity in post-communist Albania Philippa Velija chapter 9|19 pages Sport in post-socialist Ukraine Maryna Krugliak, Oleksandr Krugliak chapter 10|23 pages Statehood, nationalism and separatism. The role and meaning of sport in Georgia and its breakaway republics Joel Rookwood part 3|98 pages Post-Soviet presidentialism and sport mega events Ekain Rojo-Labaien, Álvaro Rodríguez-Díaz, Joel Rookwood chapter 11|19 pages Sport in the political and economic transition in Belarus. State nationalism and mega events Álvaro Rodríguez-Díaz chapter 12|16 pages Seeking out a nation? Sport policy changes in post-Soviet Russia Vitalii Gorokhov chapter 13|19 pages Russia and the politics of extraverted urbanism in the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2018 FIFA World Cup Oleg Golubchikov, Sven Daniel Wolfe chapter 14|17 pages Oil-funded sports events as the embodiment of the evolution of post-Soviet Azerbaijan Ekain Rojo-Labaien chapter 15|18 pages Sports politics in authoritarian regimes. The synergies of sport, ideology and personality cult in Turkmenistan Slavomír Horák chapter 16|7 pages Sport, transition and nation-state building. Evidence from post-Soviet and post-socialist states Joel Rookwood, Ekain Rojo-Labaien, Álvaro Rodríguez-Díaz
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