mohsen bahmani; reza saboonchi; mahdi shariati feizabadi
Abstract
The functions of sport in the new millennium have led governments to view this new phenomenon as an effective tool in facilitating and expanding political-economic goals. Among the various concepts related to sport, national security can be considered as one of the most important. The study is to investigate ...
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The functions of sport in the new millennium have led governments to view this new phenomenon as an effective tool in facilitating and expanding political-economic goals. Among the various concepts related to sport, national security can be considered as one of the most important. The study is to investigate the position of sport in strengthening the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It was descriptive in terms of purpose and applied in terms of data collection. The study sample was equal to the statistical population and equal to 13 experts in the field of sports science and political science familiar with security issues, which was theoretically saturated using the snow ball sampling method and two rounds of Delphi technique.
The findings showed that 41 sports-related concepts are effective in reinforcing the five dimensions of Copenhagen security theory. Among the concepts related to environmental security, the development and commitment to comply with environmental regulations and guidelines (4/88) The most important concept, among the concepts of economic security, increasing sports tourism (4/80), increasing soft power (4/91) Among the dimensions of political security, public mobilization and arousal of emotions (4/69) was the most important dimension of military security and finally the emergence of social talents (4/85) was the most important concept of social security in drawing the position of sport in strengthening national security. On the one hand, considering the popularity and attractiveness of sports, and on the other hand, considering the various security-sports challenges in Iran, including economic sanctions, the presence of the Zionist regime in international sports, the presence of women in stadiums and asylum. Athletes, sport as a double-edged sword can play a colorful role in strengthening or weakening the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
