Sport, Statehood and Transition in Europe

1. Interpreting sport and transition in post-socialist and post-Soviet Europe: States, nations and markets Alvaro Rodriguez-Diaz, Joel Rookwood and Ekain Rojo-Labaien; Part I: Neoliberal Sport in post-Socialist Countries of Eastern Europe 2. The transformation of sport in post-communist Hungary: A transitology-informed approach Gyozo Molnar and Tamas Doczi; 3. The politics of sport in Poland after 1945: From socialist mass sports to market-oriented elite sports? Jacek Drozda, Krzysztof Jaskulowski and Piotr Majewski; 4. Sport as a mirror of society: The case of Croatia Suncica Bartoluci; 5. Capacities for change: insights into the Lithuanian sports system Vilma Cingiene and Renatas Mizeras; Part II: Sport transition from the Socialist State to the Open Market 6. The Romanian sport system: Paths to commercialisation Laszlo Peter; 7. Playing in long shadows: Bosnian sport after Yugoslavia, socialism and war Richard Mills; 8. Sport and physical activity in post-communist Albania Philippa Velija; 9. Sport in post-socialist Ukraine Maryna Krugliak and Oleksandr Krugliak; 10. Statehood, nationalism and separatism: The role and meaning of sport in Georgia and its breakaway republics Joel Rookwood; Part III: Post-Soviet Presidentialism and Sport Mega Events 11. Sport in the political and economic transition in Belarus: state nationalism and mega events Alvaro Rodriguez-Diaz; 12. Seeking out a nation? Sport policy changes in post-Soviet Russia Vitalii Gorokhov; 13. Russia and the politics of extraverted urbanism in the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2018 FIFA World Cup Oleg Golubchikov and Sven Daniel Wolfe;14. Oil-funded sports events as the embodiment of the evolution of post-Soviet Azerbaijan Ekain Rojo-Labaien; 15. Sports politics in authoritarian regimes. The synergies of sport, ideology and personality cult in Turkmenistan Slavomir Horak; 16. Sport, transition and nation-state building: evidence from post-Soviet and post-socialist states Joel Rookwood, Ekain Rojo-Labaien and Alvaro Rodriguez-Diaz; Index