Hermann Bausinger’s research while affiliated with University of Tübingen and other places

... After the Nazification of sport during the Third Reich, the Western Allies readmitted sport organisations in the defeated Germany only on the condition that the political neutrality and autonomy of sports was respected. The heavily compromised German sport officials eagerly agreed (Krüger, 2005), while the autonomy of sport became a quasi-constitutional doctrine in the Federal Republic (Steiner, 1983). Nevertheless, sport remained politically significant in post-war Germany: ...

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Public support for politicisation of international sports: the German national football team at the Qatar World Cup