Mahdi Shariati Feizabadi; Saeid Moghadam Bagha
Abstract
Objective: Economic security is one of the most important aspects of national security and one of the most important principles of the basic infrastructure of countries to achieve economic development and improve the level of social welfare; The present study tried to identify the concepts and functions ...
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Objective: Economic security is one of the most important aspects of national security and one of the most important principles of the basic infrastructure of countries to achieve economic development and improve the level of social welfare; The present study tried to identify the concepts and functions of sport in empowering economic security.Methodology: The method of the present study was qualitative and in order to explain the paradigm design of the subject under study. The statistical population was equal to the study sample and included 13 experts (books، articles، notes، etc.) in the field of sports economics and political economy who were selected using snowball sampling and theoretical saturation.Results: Findings of the present study indicated after studying the related concepts and using the Delphi technique sport had 27 concepts in providing economic security, which were finally classified into 3 categories: health, employment, and investment.Conclusion: Sport is a low-cost and useful tool in creating wealth، which seems to require special attention in the three areas of employment, investment and health can contribute to the economic development of the country.
