Sport i oblikovanje nacionalnog identiteta u samostalnoj Hrvatskoj (1990.-1998.)

Ovim diplomskim radom analizirana je uloga vrhunskoga sporta u izgradnji i oblikovanju nacionalnog identiteta u posljednjem desetljeću 20. stoljeća u Republici Hrvatskoj. Glavna pretpostavka rada bila je da je devedestih godina uloga vrhunskog sporta bila izazito važna u oblikovanju nacionalnog identiteta te da je utjecala na jačanje nacionalizma na društveno – političkoj sceni.U svrhu prikupljanja podataka potrebnih za realizaciju ciljeva provedeno je kvalitativno istraživanje studije slučaja. Za analizu slučajeva – pet najznačajnijih sportskih događaja devedesetih godina korištene su analize i istraživanja raznih autora s različitih područja znanosti te medijski izvještaji o događajima. Analize su potvrdile kako su sportski uspjesi pozitivno utjecali na stanje hrvatske nacije te su imale veliku ulogu u stvaranju nacionalnoga jedinstva.Analiza slučajeva pokazala je kako su oni u medijima, među političkom elitom i samim akterima, vrlo slično percipirani te su prepoznati kao vrlo važan čimbenik u afirmaciji novonastale Hrvatske. Određeni su događaji smatrani važnijim od drugih, međutim zajedničko im je da su imali veliki utjecaj na stvaranje identiteta i promociju Hrvatske.National identity and nationalism are endless issues of social sciences and humanities. It became more relevant after the fall of communism in Europe in the late 1980s. New nations – states tried to promote themselves on the world scene and the best way to do it was through sports and big sports manifestations. The goal of this masters is to analise the role of sports in building national identity and unity in the Republic of Croatia during the 1990s. During that decade, Croatian sport teams have made great achievement in the Olympics Games and world competitions. The ethical definition of a nation has emerged due to social processes which were the result of state creation, war happening and strengthening of national identity. High performance sport had a significant and representing role in the process of forming and unifying the national identity of Croatian society. In order to collect data to accomplis the goals fo the masters a quality case study was implemented. Five most significant sport cases from the first decade were analyzed by going through studies from various authors form different parts of the science community. Likewise, media analysis of the events were used in my study. The analization confirmed that the sport achievements had a positive effect on the state of the croatian nation and had a big role on the creation of national unity.The analysis of the sport events confirmed that the media, political elite and the sportsmen had a similar viewing of the events and they recognized the events as an important factor in the afirmation of the new Republic of Croatia. Some events were considered more important than other but nevertheless all of them had great impact on the creation of the modern state and national identity