Turning the game to politics: From an NBA economic-oriented profile to a political influence generation

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Autor(a) principal: Silva, Tiago Samuel Ferreira da
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/24837
Resumo: When considering sports in its globality, one wouldn’t probably directly associate it with politics, however throughout history sports has been used both as a diplomatic strategy and as a soft power tool. If there is a perfect example for this type of strategies, is the United States of America, they were one of the first to utilize sports for diplomatic outcomes with the famous case of “ping-pong diplomacy” with the intent of stablishing a beneficial relation with China. The US are also known for their spectacular, grandiose and impressive sporting leagues and sporting events, that can ultimately be utilized as a form of soft power by the country itself. With that being said, the following thesis will study how one of the most important sporting leagues of the U.S., the National Basketball Association, may have utilized its own soft power to protest the acting government. More specifically, I will explore how the 2019/2020 NBA season, and all of the events surrounding that season, may have triggered a political and activist stance by the NBA community and, ultimately, affected the US 2020 Presidential election.
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spelling Turning the game to politics: From an NBA economic-oriented profile to a political influence generationUnited States of AmericaNational Basketball AssociationActivismSoft powerSports diplomacyEstados Unidos da AméricaAssociação Nacional de BasquetebolAtivismoPoder suaveDiplomacia desportivaWhen considering sports in its globality, one wouldn’t probably directly associate it with politics, however throughout history sports has been used both as a diplomatic strategy and as a soft power tool. If there is a perfect example for this type of strategies, is the United States of America, they were one of the first to utilize sports for diplomatic outcomes with the famous case of “ping-pong diplomacy” with the intent of stablishing a beneficial relation with China. The US are also known for their spectacular, grandiose and impressive sporting leagues and sporting events, that can ultimately be utilized as a form of soft power by the country itself. With that being said, the following thesis will study how one of the most important sporting leagues of the U.S., the National Basketball Association, may have utilized its own soft power to protest the acting government. More specifically, I will explore how the 2019/2020 NBA season, and all of the events surrounding that season, may have triggered a political and activist stance by the NBA community and, ultimately, affected the US 2020 Presidential election.Quando consideramos desporto de uma forma global, não o associamos diretamente a política, no entanto, ao longo da história, o desporto tem sido utilizado como uma estratégia diplomática e como uma ferramenta de poder suave. Se há um exemplo perfeito da utilização deste tipo de estratégias, é o exemplo dos Estados Unidos da América, visto que foram um dos primeiros estados a utilizar o desporto para fins diplomáticos através do famoso caso da “diplomacia do pingue-pongue” com a intenção de estabelecer uma relação positiva com a China. Os EUA são também conhecidos pela grandiosidade e espetacularidade das suas ligas e dos seus eventos desportivos, o que ultimamente pode ser utilizado com uma forma de poder suave pelo país. Tendo isso em conta, a presente tese irá estudar como é que uma das mais importantes ligas desportivas dos EUA, a Associação Nacional de Basquetebol Americana (NBA), poderá ter usado o seu próprio poder suave para protestar contra o governo em função. Mais especificamente, irei explorar como é que a temporada 2019/2020 da NBA, e todos os eventos à volta dessa temporada, podem ter provocado uma atitude política e ativista por parte da comunidade da NBA, que por fim poderá ter afetado as eleições Americanas de 2020.2023-01-24T00:00:00Z2022-02-04T00:00:00Z2022-02-042021-11info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/24837TID:202930599engSilva, Tiago Samuel Ferreira dainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:57:17Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/24837Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:29:31.757535Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Turning the game to politics: From an NBA economic-oriented profile to a political influence generation
title Turning the game to politics: From an NBA economic-oriented profile to a political influence generation
spellingShingle Turning the game to politics: From an NBA economic-oriented profile to a political influence generation
Silva, Tiago Samuel Ferreira da
United States of America
National Basketball Association
Activism
Soft power
Sports diplomacy
Estados Unidos da América
Associação Nacional de Basquetebol
Ativismo
Poder suave
Diplomacia desportiva
title_short Turning the game to politics: From an NBA economic-oriented profile to a political influence generation
title_full Turning the game to politics: From an NBA economic-oriented profile to a political influence generation
title_fullStr Turning the game to politics: From an NBA economic-oriented profile to a political influence generation
title_full_unstemmed Turning the game to politics: From an NBA economic-oriented profile to a political influence generation
title_sort Turning the game to politics: From an NBA economic-oriented profile to a political influence generation
author Silva, Tiago Samuel Ferreira da
author_facet Silva, Tiago Samuel Ferreira da
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva, Tiago Samuel Ferreira da
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv United States of America
National Basketball Association
Activism
Soft power
Sports diplomacy
Estados Unidos da América
Associação Nacional de Basquetebol
Ativismo
Poder suave
Diplomacia desportiva
topic United States of America
National Basketball Association
Activism
Soft power
Sports diplomacy
Estados Unidos da América
Associação Nacional de Basquetebol
Ativismo
Poder suave
Diplomacia desportiva
description When considering sports in its globality, one wouldn’t probably directly associate it with politics, however throughout history sports has been used both as a diplomatic strategy and as a soft power tool. If there is a perfect example for this type of strategies, is the United States of America, they were one of the first to utilize sports for diplomatic outcomes with the famous case of “ping-pong diplomacy” with the intent of stablishing a beneficial relation with China. The US are also known for their spectacular, grandiose and impressive sporting leagues and sporting events, that can ultimately be utilized as a form of soft power by the country itself. With that being said, the following thesis will study how one of the most important sporting leagues of the U.S., the National Basketball Association, may have utilized its own soft power to protest the acting government. More specifically, I will explore how the 2019/2020 NBA season, and all of the events surrounding that season, may have triggered a political and activist stance by the NBA community and, ultimately, affected the US 2020 Presidential election.
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