Sheldon Anderson
Miami University
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Soccer & Society | 2011
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This essay reflects upon how the German Democratic Republic used sport to create a new socialist national identity. Unable to match West German democratic freedom and economic bounty, the East German authorities found it easier to compete in sports. In 1969 the Socialist Unity Party decided to concentrate on individual Olympic disciplines as the most cost-effective way of showcasing its socialist system, especially in comparison to capitalist West Germany. The medals count would be an objective measure of the two systems. Soccer and other team sports lost funding, and East German soccer teams were relegated to second-class status. East Germany’s development of elite Olympic athletes at the expense of soccer – the world’s most popular game – failed to create a loyal citizenry, as the exodus of East Germans after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 revealed.
Archive | 2007
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Archive | 2000
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Peace & Change | 2007
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Archive | 2008
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The American Historical Review | 2013
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The American Historical Review | 2012
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Canadian-american Slavic Studies | 2007
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Canadian-american Slavic Studies | 2007
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The American Historical Review | 2005
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