Add to ORKGIn the current globalized world, athletic skill has also become a valuable commodity sought by some nations around the world hoping to use it to boost their nation’s international sporting profile. Likewise, Singapore is also engaged in recruiting elite foreign-born athletes. This is done in the hope of rallying the masses behind the victories of the athletes and boosting their national pride. Using Singapore’s participation in the Olympics as a case study, the effectiveness of the efforts made at establishing elite sports as a core element of national identity is examined. It is then established that despite idealistic aspirations, the efforts have largely been ineffective.Bachelor of Art
Sports popularity and sporting facilities have been growing rapidly in Singapore. In recent years, S...
How can nations improve their chances of winning medals in international sport? This book deals with...
This paper argues that sport and nation building represents a contradiction in post independent Sing...
In the current globalized world, athletic skill has also become a valuable commodity sought by some ...
This study analyses the media representation of Singapore athletes at the 2000 Olympic Games and aim...
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In Singapore, a National Sport Association is expected to provide for their athletes to the best of ...
The pattern of success in international competitive sport in Singapore has been less than encouragin...
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Sports has been commonly mistaken as to be associated for just health or survival benefits, and also...
The motivating factors behind sports participation and its implications upon a community have been w...
Sports popularity and sporting facilities have been growing rapidly in Singapore. In recent years, S...
How can nations improve their chances of winning medals in international sport? This book deals with...
This paper argues that sport and nation building represents a contradiction in post independent Sing...
In the current globalized world, athletic skill has also become a valuable commodity sought by some ...
This study analyses the media representation of Singapore athletes at the 2000 Olympic Games and aim...
One particular segment of Chinese immigrants that this paper is concerned about is the Naturalized A...
Sports play a very major role in our lives and it is prevalent that we acknowledge sportsmen and the...
Fitness has many advantages which could profit an individual, where the benefits stretches out to no...
In Singapore, a National Sport Association is expected to provide for their athletes to the best of ...
The pattern of success in international competitive sport in Singapore has been less than encouragin...
With the paucity of research on the motivational processes in elite sport, this qualitative study wa...
This thesis traces and analyzes the development of sport in Singapore since its founding in 1819 to ...
Citizens’ unreceptiveness towards foreign-born athletes carrying the Singapore flag in international...
Sports has been commonly mistaken as to be associated for just health or survival benefits, and also...
The motivating factors behind sports participation and its implications upon a community have been w...
Sports popularity and sporting facilities have been growing rapidly in Singapore. In recent years, S...
How can nations improve their chances of winning medals in international sport? This book deals with...
This paper argues that sport and nation building represents a contradiction in post independent Sing...