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Sport and social capital /

Contributor(s): Nicholson, Matthew | Hoye, Russell, 1966-.
Series: Sport management.Publisher: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008Description: xix, 363 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750685863 (pbk.); 9780750685863:.Subject(s): Sports -- Social aspects | Social capital (Sociology)DDC classification: 306.483
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 / Daniel Lock, Tracy Taylor and Simon Darcy -- Sport facilities as social capital / Mark Rosentraub and Akram Ijla.
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' examines this increasingly high profile area in detail.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 306.483 NIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0068865
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 / Daniel Lock, Tracy Taylor and Simon Darcy -- Sport facilities as social capital / Mark Rosentraub and Akram Ijla.

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' examines this increasingly high profile area in detail.

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