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THE BOURDIEUSIAN THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE IN ANALYZING THE BRAZILIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE WITHIN PARALYMPIC SPORT IN BRAZIL

Abstract

Using the Field, Capital, and Habitus Categories as a theoretical framework, the article aims to analyze whether the institutionalization of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee was decisive for the development of Paralympic sports in Brazil. The study is configured as qualitative research, with its data collection conducted from semi-structured interviews with six subjects (three Paralympic athletes and three Paralympic sports managers). The institutionalization of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee was a fundamental factor for the development of Paralympic sports in Brazil, given that this sports entity became the central coordinator that systematize and carried out strategic planning of a professional nature, anchored in three axes (Governmental; Management; Sports) that had as fundamental principles the focus on Organizational/Administrative; Financial; Infrastructure; Technical/Physical/Sports practices. This structural systematization encouraged the implementation of projects and programs for Paralympic sports with the main objective of training and developing high-performance Paralympic athletes.

Keywords
Brazilian Paralympic Committee; Field; Capital; Habitus

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