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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785132103321

Titolo

Social capital and sport governance in Europe / / edited by Margaret Groeneveld, Barrie Houlihan and Fabien Ohl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-93747-1

1-136-93748-X

1-282-88629-0

9786612886294

0-203-84689-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in sport, culture and society

Altri autori (Persone)

GroeneveldMargaret M (Margaret Michelle)

HoulihanBarrie

OhlFabien

Disciplina

796.094

Soggetti

Sports and state - Europe

Sports - Social aspects - Europe

Social capital (Sociology) - Europe

Europe Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Social Capital, Governance and Sport; 2 The EU and Sport Governance: Between Economic and Social Values; 3 Czech Sport Governance Cultures and a Plurality of Social Capitals: Politicking Zone, Movement and Community; 4 Danish Sport Governance: Tradition in Transition; 5 Sport and Social Capital in England; 6 Social Capital and Sport Governance in France; 7 Sport, Divided Societies and Social Capital in Ireland; 8 The Social Capital of Sport: The Case of Italy

9 Governance and Social Capital: Democratic Effects and Policy Outcomes in a Nordic Sport Model10 Conclusion: Understanding Social Capital as Both Metaphor and Traditional Form of Social Exchange; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Although there is significant interest in the social role of sport in



fostering civil society from both policymakers and academics, there is a lack of evidence of the specific role of sport federations in this system. This book critically presents the mechanisms and structures in a selection of sport federations within a variety of European countries that illuminate the varied relationships between not-for-profit sport federations, their members, governments and the citizens they represent. The contributors explore the contrasts and synergies between core social capital theoretical perspect