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Sport and Social Capital

Author : Matthew Nicholson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136365036
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Sport and Social Capital written by Matthew Nicholson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-05-09 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the importance of sport as a social, economic and political institution, research into sport and social capital has not been extensive. Sport and Social Capital is the first book to examine this increasingly high profile area in detail. It explores the ways in which sport contributes to the creation, development, maintenance and, in some cases, diminution of social capital. Written by an internationally renowned author team who are leading figures in this area of study, this engaging and far-reaching text brings leading research from around the world into one comprehensively edited volume. Themes covered in the book include: education, gender, policy, community, youth sport, diversity and many more. It is essential reading for sport management, sport development and sport sociology students around the globe and offers fascinating and invaluable insight to interested stakeholders from industry, community and government.

Sport and Social Capital

Author : Matthew Nicholson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0750685867
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Sport and Social Capital written by Matthew Nicholson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first text to explore sport's contribution to the hot topic of social capital, in an expertly edited collection of contributions from an internationally renowned author team.

Social Capital and Sport Organisations

Author : Richard Tacon
Publisher : Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
ISBN 13 : 9781032118741
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book Social Capital and Sport Organisations written by Richard Tacon and published by Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on primary research within voluntary sports clubs in the UK and secondary analysis of the wider international literature on social capital, this text focuses on the micro-processes of social capital development and how they play out in specific social settings. In so doing, it adds to existing research by developing a rich, contextualised, process-based view of social capital in action. Critically reviewing theoretical and empirical literature on social capital, the book highlights the key current debates. The empirical core of the book draws on ethnographic observation over 18 months at voluntary sports clubs in the UK, including in-depth interviews with sports club members and organisers. The text explicitly seeks to set this empirical work in its wider context, by considering the findings in relation to other international studies of social capital in both sports clubs and other types of organisation. The book draws on international research from a whole range of countries: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Japan, Vanuatu, Czech Republic, Germany, and many others. The book establishes a transferable, process-based understanding of how social capital develops - both within sports clubs and beyond. This is an illuminating reading for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers with an interest in the sociology of sport, sport development, sport management, sport policy, social theory, social policy, or social networks.

Sociology of Sport and Social Theory

Author : Earl Smith
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 0736075720
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Sociology of Sport and Social Theory written by Earl Smith and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2010 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociology of Sport and Social Theory presents current research perspectives from major sport scholars and leading sociologists regarding issues germane to the sociology of sport while addressing traditional and contemporary sociological theories.

Sport and Social Mobility

Author : Ramon F. J. Spaaij
Publisher : Taylor & Francis US
ISBN 13 : 9780415874885
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Sport and Social Mobility written by Ramon F. J. Spaaij and published by Taylor & Francis US. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fifth book in Cat Adams's Blood Singer series, Celia Graves must protect her soon-to-be-wed cousin, siren princess Adriana, from the dangerous threats of terrorists and a vile mage.

Sport and Social Exclusion

Author : Michael Frank Collins
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415259590
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book Sport and Social Exclusion written by Michael Frank Collins and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structured around key excluded groups, such as the elderly, ethnic minorities, the disabled and rural communities, this book offers an assessment of sports policy in contemporary Britain.

Sporting Capital

Author : Nicholas F. Rowe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351970291
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Sporting Capital written by Nicholas F. Rowe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world of competing public policy priorities, economic challenges and political uncertainty, sports development organisations and initiatives need to adapt to survive. This book makes the case for 'Sporting Capital' as a new conceptual model of sports participation with the potential to transform public policy and practice in sports development. The central argument presented is that a model of Sporting Capital - with its three domains of physiological, social and psychological attributes - provides a missing framework, creating a new impetus for sustained growth in community sport by joining up the levels at which sports development is planned and implemented. Touching on important issues such as youth sport, public health, volunteering, disability, ethnicity and social inequality, it examines patterns of sports participation in relation to age, gender and social class and offers recommendations for strategic policy improvements that can be implemented by practitioners working on the frontline of community sport. Sporting Capital: Transforming Sports Development Policy and Practice provides valuable insights for all those interested in sports development, youth sport, community sport, or sport and social policy.

A Wider Social Role for Sport

Author : Fred Coalter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134227124
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book A Wider Social Role for Sport written by Fred Coalter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-11-28 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport is perceived to have the potential to alleviate a variety of social problems and generally to ‘improve’ both individuals and the communities in which they live. Sport is promoted as a relatively cost effective antidote to a range of social problems – often those stemming from social exclusion - including poor health, high crime levels, drug abuse and persistent youth offending, educational under-achievement, lack of social cohesion and community identity and economic decline. To this end, there is increasing governmental interest in what has become known as ‘sport for good’. A Wider Social Role for Sport presents the political and historical context for this increased government interest in sport’s potential contribution to a range of social problems. The book explores the particular social problems that governments seek to address through sport, and examines the nature and extent of the evidence for sport’s positive role. It illustrates that, in an era of evidence-based policy-making, the cumulative evidence base for many of these claims is relatively weak, in part because such research is faced with substantial methodological problems in isolating the precise contribution of sport in many contexts. Drawing on worldwide research, A Wider Social Role for Sport explores the current state of knowledge and understanding of the presumed impacts of sport and suggests that we need to adopt a different approach to research and evaluation if sports researchers are to develop their understanding and make a substantial contribution to sports policy..

On Boxing

Author : Joseph D Lewandowski
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000510433
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book On Boxing written by Joseph D Lewandowski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-03 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a philosophical and cultural critique of contemporary boxing. It broadens and deepens our understanding of the empirically and normatively entwined complexities of a sport that is often misunderstood and all too easily reduced to stereotypes. Moving between and among work in ethnography, sociology, urban studies and, especially, the philosophy of sport, and drawing on research in boxing gyms in the US, the book presents a stereoscopic view of professional boxing as both situated cultural practice and formalized competitive sport. It takes us inside and outside the ring in discussions of the cultural embeddedness of boxing and boxing gyms, the formation of pugilistic selfhood and ‘boxer cool’, the nature and function of combat sport violence and sparring, and the aesthetics and ethics of cornering a boxing match. With its interdisciplinary focus on the empirical and normative dimensions of professional pugilism, On Boxing makes explicit the bittersweetness of the ‘sweet science’ and provides a new theoretical framework for analysing boxing and, indeed, sport in general. Written for a broad audience, this is important reading for scholars and students working in the areas of philosophy and sociology of sport and combat sport studies, as well as policy makers, coaches, and commentators engaged in the sport of boxing.

Sport Worlds

Author : Joseph A. Maguire
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 9780880119726
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Sport Worlds written by Joseph A. Maguire and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text looks at the sociology of sport. Narrative case studies of sports sociology from all over the world provide examples of how to interpret issues in professional and elite sports from a sociological perspective.

Sport, Culture and Society

Author : Grant Jarvie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134401639
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Sport, Culture and Society written by Grant Jarvie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting, accessible introduction to the field of Sports Studies is the most comprehensive guide yet to the relationships between sport, culture and society. Taking an international perspective, Sport, Culture and Society provides students with the insight they need to think critically about the nature of sport, and includes: a clear and comprehensive structure unrivalled coverage of the history, culture, media, sociology, politics and anthropology of sport coverage of core topics and emerging areas extensive original research and new case study material. The book offers a full range of features to help guide students and lecturers, including essay topics, seminar questions, key definitions, extracts from primary sources, extensive case studies, and guides to further reading. Sport, Culture and Society represents both an important course resource for students of sport and also sets a new agenda for the social scientific study of sport.

Routledge Handbook of Sport for Development and Peace

Author : Holly Collison
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315455153
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Sport for Development and Peace written by Holly Collison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport and physical activity are now regularly used to promote social and economic development, peacebuilding and conflict resolution, on an international scale. The emergence of the ‘Sport for Development and Peace’ (SDP) sector, comprised of governments, NGOs, sport organizations and others, reveals a high level of institutionalization of this activity, while SDP now constitutes an important element of the scholarly analysis of sport. This volume analyses and critically discusses the central elements of, and research issues within, the field of SDP and also provides a series of case studies (substantive and geographic) of key research. It is the most holistic and far-reaching text published on this topic to date. Featuring multidisciplinary perspectives from world-leading researchers and practitioners from around the world, the book covers a wide range of topics, including SDP structures, policies and funding streams, how SDP relates to human rights, social exclusion and corporate social responsibility, SDP and gender, SDP and disability, SDP and health, SDP and homelessness, and SDP and the environment. The Handbook of Sport for Development and Peace is a vital resource for researchers, students and educators in the fields of sports studies, physical education, sport for development and peace, sport-based youth development, sport and politics, sociology of sport, and sport policy.

Sport for Development

Author : Fred Coalter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135173613
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Sport for Development written by Fred Coalter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport is increasingly regarded as a powerful tool in international development. In this comprehensive introduction to the area of ‘sport-for-development’, leading researcher Fred Coalter critically evaluates the strengths and weaknesses and successes and failures of sport-for-development policies and programs. Beginning with an outline of the historical development of policies of sport-for-development, this book explores the objectives that remain central to international sport-for-development initiatives, including issues of defining and measuring impacts, the development of self-efficacy and leadership skills, female empowerment, HIV/AIDS awareness and social capital. Drawing on a wealth of fieldwork experience and empirical data from the most extensive monitoring and evaluation project ever undertaken with sport-for-development organisations, this is an unparalleled and fully integrated assessment of theory, policy and practice in international sport-for-development. Sport-for-development: What game are we playing is essential reading for any student or practitioner with an interest in sport-for-development, sports policy or international development.

Social Capital and Sport Organisations

Author : Richard Tacon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100046640X
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Social Capital and Sport Organisations written by Richard Tacon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-22 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on primary research within voluntary sports clubs in the UK and secondary analysis of the wider international literature on social capital, this text focuses on the micro-processes of social capital development and how they play out in specific social settings. In so doing, it adds to existing research by developing a rich, contextualised, process-based view of social capital in action. Critically reviewing theoretical and empirical literature on social capital, the book highlights the key current debates. The empirical core of the book draws on ethnographic observation over 18 months at voluntary sports clubs in the UK, including in-depth interviews with sports club members and organisers. The text explicitly seeks to set this empirical work in its wider context, by considering the findings in relation to other international studies of social capital in both sports clubs and other types of organisation. The book draws on international research from a whole range of countries: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Japan, Vanuatu, Czech Republic, Germany, and many others. The book establishes a transferable, process-based understanding of how social capital develops – both within sports clubs and beyond. This is an illuminating reading for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers with an interest in the sociology of sport, sport development, sport management, sport policy, social theory, social policy, or social networks.

Sport, Education and Social Policy

Author : Gudrun Doll-Tepper
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315404850
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Sport, Education and Social Policy written by Gudrun Doll-Tepper and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important study brings together world-leading researchers to reflect upon the state of the social scientific study of sport. Addressing three core themes in sport studies – equality, education and policy – the book looks back over the development of sport research in recent decades and offers new insights into future lines of enquiry. Presenting a unique collection of authoritative perspectives from some of the best-known scholars in the social scientific study of sport, the book engages with key contemporary issues such as gender stereotypes in physical education, ethnicity, inclusion and critical race theory, physical literacy, physical activity and health, and international sport governance. Its chapters address major topics such as the globalisation of physical activity initiatives and the involvement of the EU in developing sport policies, as well as shedding light on new areas of research such as the growing participation of Muslim women in sport. Sport, Education and Social Policy: The state of the social sciences of sport is fascinating reading for any researcher or advanced student working in sport studies, physical education or kinesiology.

The Uses of Sport

Author : John Hughson
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415260473
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The Uses of Sport written by John Hughson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Uses of Sport provides an essential resource for the study of sport within culture and popular culture.

Sport and Modern Social Theorists

Author : Richard Giulianotti
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230523188
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Sport and Modern Social Theorists written by Richard Giulianotti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-08-03 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport and Modern Social Theorists is an innovative and exciting new collection. The chapters are written by leading social analysts of sport from across the world, and examine the contributions of major social theorists towards our critical understanding of modern sport. Social theorists under critical examination include Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Adorno, Gramsci, Habermas, Merton, C.Wright Mills, Goffman, Giddens, Elias, Bourdieu and Foucault. This book will appeal to students and scholars of sport studies, cultural studies, modern social theory, and to social scientists generally.