The Rise and Demise of Sport: A Reflection of Uruguayan Society
| Author | March L. Krotee |
| Published date | 01 September 1979 |
| Date | 01 September 1979 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/000271627944500115 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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The
Rise
and
Demise
of
Sport:
A
Reflection
of
Uruguayan
Society
By
MARCH
L.
KROTEE
March
L.
Krotee
is
the
Coordinator
of
the
Physical
Activity
Program
in
the
Division
of Physical
Education
at
the
University
of Minnesota
where
he
also
serves
on
the
faculty
of
the
Department
of
Sociology.
He
is
Chairperson
of
the
Sport
Sociology
Academy
of the
National
Association
of
Sport
and
Physical
Education,
a
member
of the
United
States
Sports
Academy
and
serves
on
the
board
of ARENA:
The
Institute
of
Sport
and
Social
Analysis.
He
is
associate
editor
of
the
Journal
of
Sport
Behavior
and
Review
of
Sport
and
Leisure
and
has
coauthored
several
texts.
ABSTRACT:
In an
attempt
to
better
understand
any
nation,
it
is
necessary
to
examine
the
salient
characteristics
of
that
country’s
sociocultural
process.
The
significance
of
the
inter-
relationship
of
sport
and
society
in
Latin
America,
and
specifi-
cally
in
Uruguay,
reflects
in
part
the
rise
as
well
as
the
demise
of
a
republic
struggling
and
battling
with
the
problems
and
issues
of
advancing
technology
and
industrialization
as
sec-
ondary
industrial
development
begins
to
diffuse
from
its
rapidly
developing
South
American
neighbors.
This
paper
discusses
the
nexus
between
sport
in
the
form
of
soccer
and
the
parallel
rise
and
demise
of
twentieth-century
Uruguayan
sociocultural
development.
Sport
serves
as
a
significant
in-
dicator
within
Uruguayan
society
and
tends
to
mirror
the
ex-
isting
societal
status.
Sport
may
also
serve
as
a
form
of
social
adaptation
process
for
future
Uruguayan
sociocultural
development.
This
paper
was
supported
in
part
by
a
grant
from
the
Office
of
International
Programs,
the
University
of
Minnesota.
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