Athletes in Montenegro—silent voices

Abstract

Even though that the question of the athletes’ representation and their involvement in decision-making bodies and processes is not new a topic, in Montenegro and elsewhere in the region, academia and policymakers have been particularly silent on this topic. A study showed, the academic agenda is mostly orientated toward the scientization of sport and physical education, while policymakers facilitating institutional pressures on athletes. Therefore, this study represents a pioneering venture to access an institutional representation of athletes within decision-making bodies and processes. The research has shown that there is no activity aimed at involving athletes in policy planning or the decision-making process, even in a consultative manner and athletes remained to be objects within the structure of sport movement in Montenegro.

Keywords:

• Athletes
• sport
• Montenegro
• representation
• decision-making

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Notes

1 Jurisprudential principle issued by the European Court of Human Rights.