The Performativity of State Non-Recognition in Sports: The Case of Spain over Kosovo

This article focuses on the use of sport by the Spanish Government to perform its non-recognition of Kosovo’s statehood. Our main goal is to analyse the practices and narratives through which Spain’s public authorities have carried out this policy in the sporting arena. Likewise, we set two specific...

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Autores principales:	Gutiérrez-Chico Fernando, González-Fuente Iñigo
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Publicado:	Sciendo 2021
Materias:	sports diplomacy non-recognition statehood performativity kosovo spain Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1386f3702c5d421887ce14772b1a00312021-12-05T14:11:09ZThe Performativity of State Non-Recognition in Sports: The Case of Spain over Kosovo1801-342210.2478/pce-2021-0018https://doaj.org/article/1386f3702c5d421887ce14772b1a00312021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2021-0018https://doaj.org/toc/1801-3422This article focuses on the use of sport by the Spanish Government to perform its non-recognition of Kosovo’s statehood. Our main goal is to analyse the practices and narratives through which Spain’s public authorities have carried out this policy in the sporting arena. Likewise, we set two specific objectives: to examine the administrative measures adopted by the Spanish government when a Kosovan team has participated in an event hosted in Spain; and to describe the policies and discourses regarding the display of Kosovo’s national symbols in these competitions. The study is based on a qualitative approach of five major tournaments that have taken place (or due to) in Spain between 2018 and 2019. The documentation has been mainly gathered through desk-research. The three major data sources have been media press releases, Spanish Government’s communiqués and sporting federation’s statements. We underline that the policies adopted by the Spanish authorities respond to a systematic strategy to give no room for a potential understanding of Kosovo as a sovereign state. Likewise, we highlight that Madrid’s attitude towards the Balkan country must be understood keeping in mind its own internal politics, specifically the nationalist claims from Catalonia and the Basque Country.Gutiérrez-Chico FernandoGonzález-Fuente IñigoSciendoarticlesports diplomacynon-recognitionstatehoodperformativitykosovospainPolitical scienceJCSENSKPolitics in Central Europe, Vol 17, Iss 3, Pp 421-449 (2021)
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description	This article focuses on the use of sport by the Spanish Government to perform its non-recognition of Kosovo’s statehood. Our main goal is to analyse the practices and narratives through which Spain’s public authorities have carried out this policy in the sporting arena. Likewise, we set two specific objectives: to examine the administrative measures adopted by the Spanish government when a Kosovan team has participated in an event hosted in Spain; and to describe the policies and discourses regarding the display of Kosovo’s national symbols in these competitions. The study is based on a qualitative approach of five major tournaments that have taken place (or due to) in Spain between 2018 and 2019. The documentation has been mainly gathered through desk-research. The three major data sources have been media press releases, Spanish Government’s communiqués and sporting federation’s statements. We underline that the policies adopted by the Spanish authorities respond to a systematic strategy to give no room for a potential understanding of Kosovo as a sovereign state. Likewise, we highlight that Madrid’s attitude towards the Balkan country must be understood keeping in mind its own internal politics, specifically the nationalist claims from Catalonia and the Basque Country.
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title_short	The Performativity of State Non-Recognition in Sports: The Case of Spain over Kosovo
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The Performativity of State Non-Recognition in Sports: The Case of Spain over Kosovo

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