International Quarterly of Foreign Relations

International Quarterly of Foreign Relations

Development of Sport Diplomacy on Horizon, Second Step of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Realization of the landscape of 2041

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Azim Salahi Kojour 1
Morteza Dousti 2
1 Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran
10.22034/fr.2023.354826.1283
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to develop sports diplomacy on the horizon of the second step of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. The present study is a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) study. The statistical population in the qualitative sector includes all experts in the field of sports management, strategic management, diplomacy, international relations, and sports sociology at the Deputy Minister, President of the Federation, and Advisor It was the minister and university professors who were selected as a snowball from the sampling method. The interview experts were semi-structured. In this study, the systematic method of Strauss and Corbin was used to encode the interviews and the coding was carried out by MAXQDA software. The statistical population of the small section included all experts, faculty, and all relevant officials (current and former), including specialists and sports managers, and executives at the Ministry of Sport and Youth. The method of sampling was a multistep cluster. The data collected by PLS software was tested. The findings showed that 13 concepts were identified in terms of causal conditions, and these concepts were divided into 2 categories. Also, for contextual conditions 13 concepts and 3 categories and intervention factors 13 concepts 3 categories, and strategies 11 concepts and 3 categories and consequences of 10 concepts. And there were 3 categories. With the constructive cooperation between the country's executive organizations of international sports potential by these organizations, one can hope to improve the current conditions and thus promote Iranian sports diplomacy
Keywords
Sports diplomacy
the second step of the revolution
sports development
the potential of sports
International Relations

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