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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825106303321

Autore

Spaaij R. F. J (Ramon F. J.)

Titolo

Sport and social mobility : crossing boundaries / / Ramon Spaaij

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-70245-8

1-283-10307-9

9786613103079

1-136-70246-6

0-203-81377-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society ; ; v.8

Disciplina

306.4/83

306.483

Soggetti

Social mobility

Sports - Social aspects

Sports --Social aspects

Social Sciences

Recreation & Sports

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 (pages [185]-202) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Sport and Social Mobility; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Sport and Social Mobility: Untangling the Relationship; 2. Social and Organizational Contexts of Sport; 3. Political and Educational Contexts of Sport; 4. Crossing/Creating Boundaries; 5. Scaling Up? Sport and Linking Social Capital; 6. Sport and Cultural Capital: Opportunities and Constraints; 7. Social Mobility and Economic Life; 8. Sport and Social Outcomes: Contradictory Tendencies; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Can sport serve as a vehicle for social mobility of disadvantaged social groups? How and to what extent are different forms of social capital created through sport participation? Sport and Social Mobility: Crossing Boundaries takes up these questions through a critical examination of the ways in which sport facilitates or inhibits upward social mobility. Drawing on four case studies, the book provides a rich sociological



analysis of people's lived experiences of sport in diverse social, cultural and political contexts, ranging from sport-for-development programs in Brazil an