Human Rights Discourse in Positions of Global Sport Industry Actors (Case of Arab-Israel Relations)

Student: Mazour Daniel shai

Supervisor: Tatiana Barandova

Faculty: Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences

Educational Programme: Political Science (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2019

This paper is devoted to the analysis of human rights discourse in the positions of global sports industry actors. The analysis will be conducted on the basis of the modern Arab-Israeli conflict and will contain a combination of methods. The study is based on a qualitative discourse analysis combining the critical approach of Norman Fairclough and some elements of other theories of discourse analysis. The research examines the character of human rights discourse in the modern world, and the actions undertaken by global sport actors to spread it. In this practical part, issues considering the articulation of the discourse are studied, referring to the case of modern relations between Israel and Palestine.

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