Sport and International Understanding: Proceedings of the Congress Held in Helsinki, Finland, July 7–10, 1982

Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Opening of the Congress by the Minister of Education....Pages 2-4
Statement by the Official Representative from UNESCO....Pages 5-6
Statement by the President of ICSPE....Pages 7-8
Welcoming Address by the Chairman of the Organising Committee....Pages 9-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Sport and International Understanding: Sport as a Carrier of Deep Culture and Structure....Pages 12-19
The Totalisation Process in International Sport....Pages 20-30
On the Character and Contents of Sport and of International Sporting Activities at Present and in the Future....Pages 31-37
The Role of International Sporting Ties in Strengthening Peace and Understanding Between Nations....Pages 38-46
Sport, International Conflict and Conflict Resolution....Pages 47-56
The Idealistic and Factual Role of Sport in International Understanding....Pages 57-63
Nationalism and Internationalism in Sport....Pages 64-71
Possibilities of Understanding Modern Sport on the Basis of Aristotelian Theory....Pages 72-77
The Social Significance of International Sporting Activity....Pages 78-80
Sport in Europe and the Helsinki Agreements....Pages 82-91
Sport, Political Autonomy and International Understanding....Pages 92-98
The Integrational Functions of Competitive Sport and Its Role in Shaping International Competition, Co-operation and Mutual Understanding....Pages 99-103
The New International Sports Order: An Appraisal....Pages 104-107
The Objectives of Sport and International Understanding....Pages 108-110
Fairness, Democracy and Justice....Pages 111-114
The Notions of Peace of Selected Leaders of the Olympic Movement and Their Realisation in the Olympic Games....Pages 116-120
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Pierre de Coubertin and World Peace....Pages 121-124
The Role of the Olympic Games in International Understanding....Pages 125-127
Challenges Facing the Olympic Movement — The Outcome of the XIth Olympic Congress....Pages 128-131
The Importance of the International Sports Movement in Promoting International Understanding — The Viewpoint of an Olympic Athlete....Pages 132-137
Great Britain and the 1980 Olympics: A Victory for Olympism....Pages 138-144
The Canadian Absence from the XXIInd Olympiad — Some Plausible Explanations....Pages 145-151
The New Role of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul....Pages 152-158
UNESCO’s Role in the Field of Sport and Physical Education and the Challenges Facing International Sporting Links in the Future....Pages 160-166
Organisations for Sport Sciences: Developments and Perspectives....Pages 167-173
On Some Essential Tasks of and Prospects for International Co-operation in Sport Science....Pages 174-176
Sport and Health: An Outline of the World Health Organization’s Position....Pages 177-179
International Workers’ Sport as a Means of Bringing Peoples Together....Pages 180-185
Nordic Co-operation in Sports....Pages 186-188
School Sport Across Borders — Education in Internationalism....Pages 189-192
The Finnish Student Sports Federation as a Promoter of International Understanding....Pages 193-195
The Prerequisites for the Improvement of International Understanding by Sports Organisations....Pages 196-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
On the History of International Sporting Co-operation: Some Trends....Pages 208-212
Sport and International Understanding: A Survey of the Structure and Trends of International Sporting Co-operation....Pages 213-230
Competitive Sport and International Understanding: Some Sociological Observations on the World University Games of 1983....Pages 231-233
The Extent, Content and Organisation of International Co-operation in the Past, Present and Future in Respect of Sport for All....Pages 236-240
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
European Health Tour 1984 — Promoting Health Through Sport and International Co-operation....Pages 241-247
Marathon Peace March: A Demonstration of International Understanding....Pages 248-254
Ways of Promoting Voluntary Physical Activity in Present-Day Society....Pages 255-260
The Extent, Content and Organisation of International Sport for the Disabled in the Past, Present and Future....Pages 262-266
The Improvement of International Co-operation and Exchange of Information in Relation to Sports for the Disabled and Other Special Groups....Pages 267-270
Volunteers in Sport for the Disabled: A Case Study....Pages 271-274
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
International Communication, Sport and International Understanding....Pages 276-284
Sport in the Mass Media and International Understanding....Pages 285-291
Mass Media, Sport and International Understanding....Pages 292-296
Co-operation Between Developing Countries and Advanced Countries in Respect of Sport....Pages 298-303
Co-operation with Developing Countries in Matters of Sport....Pages 304-306
Report of a Longitudinal Project in Sport Promotion in Brazil as a Means of Fostering International Understanding....Pages 307-309
International Sport Relations....Pages 312-315
The Significance of International Co-operation in the Field of Physical Culture Sciences for International Understanding....Pages 316-318
Sport and Non-alignment: Dilemmas and Prospects....Pages 319-322
The State as Sponsor of International Sports....Pages 323-326
The Meaning of International Sporting Events to a Small Country (from the Viewpoint of a Sports Leader)....Pages 327-329
Gymnastics as a Subject in Finnish Secondary Schools Between 1843 and 1917....Pages 330-334
International Exchange in Terms of the Recruitment of Star Foreign Players: The Reactions of Sports Clubs in Finnish Basketball....Pages 335-338
Some Recreational and Social Sporting Activities of the Mapuche Indians in the South of Chile....Pages 339-344
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Sports Medicine Training in Kuopio — International Co-operation....Pages 346-351
Structural Variation and Sport Policy: A Comparison of Canadian and British Sport Systems....Pages 352-357
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Summary of the Theme “The Role of International Sport in Advancing or Weakening International Co-existence and Understanding” (Section II)....Pages 360-360
Summary of the Theme “The Extent and Content of International Co-operation in Sport” (Section III)....Pages 361-362
Summary of the Theme “Measures Related to International Co-operation in Sport” (Section IV)....Pages 363-364
Summary of the Congress by the Chairman of the Scientific Committee....Pages 365-367
Final Statement by the President of the International Council of Sport and Physical Education (ICSPE)....Pages 368-369
Back Matter....Pages 371-374