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- Title
PER UNO SGUARDO SOCIOLOGICO AL DOPING E ALLA SUA REGOLAZIONE: OLTRE LA METAFORA DELLE MELE MARCE.
- Authors
Altopiedi, Rosalba; Scarscelli, Daniele
- Abstract
Doping is a social phenomenon that looms large in public discourse periodically, whenever an internationally ranking athlete (a "champion") is discovered to have been involved in the practice. Doping is roundly condemned for constituting a social problem, since it harms the health of those who make use of it and derails the loyalty of competition between athletes, so violating the "spirit of sport". The orientation typical of this condemnation and the blame that accompanies the public discourse is often based on a social representation of doping as a phenomenon that is primarily restricted to a "handful of rotten apples". In actual fact, however, sociological literature in the last two decades has furnished ample empirical evidence that enables us to state that doping is not concerned with just that "handful of rotten apples", but is a social phenomenon that has spread from élite to amateur sports, as well as to the gyms and fitness centres. This article aims to present the various different sociological explanations of doping and to describe the forms of regulation of the phenomenon that have gradually been institutionalised over the years, identifying the models of the phenomenon's explanation that underlie -- often implicitly -- the main policies of prevention and control and highlighting certain critical questions posed by these forms of regulation in terms of safeguarding health, rights and civil liberties, as well as of the real effectiveness of controls.
- Subjects
DOPING in sports; DRUG use by athletes; SOCIAL problems; COLLECTIVE representation; DRUG abuse in sports; CIVIL rights
- Publication
Sociologia del Diritto, 2014, Vol 41, Issue 2, p137
- ISSN
0390-0851
- Publication type
Article