Sport and Social Capital

Name: Sport and Social Capital
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ISBN: 9780750685863

ISBN-10: 0750685867

ISBN-13: 9780750685863

Edition: 2008

Authors: Matthew Nicholson, Russell Hoye

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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,…

Book details

List price: $67.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 390
Size: 5.04" wide x 9.33" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



List of Tables


List of Figures


Contributors


Acknowledgements



Sport and social capital: An introduction




Concepts and Contexts



Avoiding the numbers game: Social theory, policy and sport's role in the art of relationship building




Sport-in-development: Development for and through sport?




Locating social capital in sport policy




Narrowing the gap through sport, education and social capital?




Clubs and Community Sport Organizations



Community sport networks




Voluntary sport clubs: The potential for the development of social capital




Community sport/recreation members and social capital measures in Sweden and Australia




Volunteering in community sport organizations: Implications for social capital




Sport and Social Capital in Action



Sport's ambiguous relationship with social capital: The contribution of national governing bodies of sport




Public policies, social capital and voluntary sport




Race equality and sport networks: Social capital links




Stepping into community? The impact of youth sport volunteering on young people's social capital




Soccer and social capital in Australia: Social networks in transition




Sport facilities as social capital



Subject and Author Index