THE CONTRIBUTION OF SPORT TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Authors

  • Mihai Constantin Răzvan BARBU University of Craiova, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Romania. *Corresponding Author: mihai_rc@yahoo.co.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2695-3785
  • George Bogdan BURCEA University of Craiova, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Romania.
  • Roxana DUMITRU University of Craiova, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Romania.
  • Marius Catalin POPESCU University of Craiova, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Romania https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5670-2528

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeag.65(1).03

Keywords:

sport events, sport practices, economic effects, social dimension, economic growth.

Abstract

In contemporary social life, both ordinary people and political and cultural personalities value sport as a phenomenon with special functions in the development of the individual and through its socio-economic implications. Through its economic-financial implications such as the ever-flourishing industry of sports equipment and technology, huge amounts of money, accumulated and handled by clubs and sportsmen, advertisements, legal implications concerning national and international regulations, political implication in relationship with competition between countries, national pride, cultural implications including media, spectators, fanaticism, health implications in correlation with the obsession with the healthy body and others, it can be said that today sport is a major social phenomenon. This is valid for the developed countries, but also for the developing countries even if the agreement of opinions is not so high in this regard. In our paper we analyze the social and economic dimensions of the sport and of how it came to influence sustainable development today, as well as a presentation of the gains generated by some of the most important sporting events over time.

REZUMAT. Contribuția sportului la dezvoltarea economică și socială. În prezent, atât pentru oamenii simpli, cât şi pentru personalităţile politice şi culturale, sportul este un fenomen cu caracteristici specifice care contribuie nu doar la dezvoltarea individuală, dar are şi implicaţii economice şi sociale. Prin implicaţiile sale economice şi sociale care au în vedere industriile şi tehnologiile de echipament sportiv, implicaţiile legale manifestate prin reglementările naţionale şi internaţionale, implicaţiile politice care vizează competiţiile între ţări şi mândria naţională, implicaţiile culturale care fac referire la mass-media, spectatori şi chiar fanatism, implicaţiile pentru sănătate care vizează un corp sănătos şi altele putem să afirmăm că sportul este un fenomen social major. Acest lucru este valabil atât pentru ţările dezvoltate cât şi pentru ţările în curs de dezvoltare chiar dacă există divergenţe de opinie în acest sens. În lucrarea de faţă analizăm dimensiunile economice şi sociale ale sportului, şi felul în care sportul contribuie la dezvoltarea durabilă, precum şi o prezentare a câştigurilor generate de cele mai importante evenimente sportive.

Cuvinte cheie: evenimente sportive, practici sportive, efecte economice, dimensiune socială, creștere economică.

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2020-03-30

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BARBU, M. C. R., BURCEA, G. B., DUMITRU, R., & POPESCU, M. C. (2020). THE CONTRIBUTION OF SPORT TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Educatio Artis Gymnasticae, 65(1), 27–38. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeag.65(1).03

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