Sport and social capital
by Hoye, Russell Nicholson, Matthew
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 text brings…
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- Full title :Sport and social capital / edited by Matthew Nicholson and Russell Hoye.
Summary
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 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.
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- Publication Date:2008.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:xix, 363 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780750685863, 0750685867
- oclc:ocn179799825
- LC Classification:GV706.5
- Dewey Decimal:306.483
Table of Contents
Avoiding the numbers game : social theory, policy and sport's role in the art of relationship building / Tim Crabbe -- Sport-in-development : development for and through sport? / Fred Coalter -- Locating social capital in sport policy / Russell Hoye and Matthew Nicholson -- Narrowing the gap through sport, education and social capital? / Grant Jarvie -- Community sport networks / Alison Doherty and Katie Misener -- Voluntary sport clubs : the potential for the development of social capital / Chris Auld -- Community sport/recreation members and social capital measures in Sweden and Australia / Kevin M. Brown -- Volunteering in community sport organizations : implications for social capital / Graham Cuskelly -- Sport's ambiguous relationship with social capital : the contribution of national governing bodies of sport / Jonathan Long -- Public policies, social capital and voluntary sport / Ørnulf Seippel -- Race equality and sport networks : social capital links / Kevin Hylton -- Stepping into community? The impact of youth sport volunteering on young people's social capital / Steven Bradbury and Tess Kay -- Soccer and social capital in Australia : social networks in transition / Dan…
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