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

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.094
• Soggetto topico: Sports and state - Europe; Sports - Social aspects - Europe; Social capital (Sociology) - Europe
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Social life and customs
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GroeneveldMargaret M (Margaret Michelle) HoulihanBarrie OhlFabien
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Social capital and sport governance in Europe
• ISBN: 1-136-93748-X; 1-282-88629-0; 9786612886294; 0-203-84689-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459187803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge research in sport, culture and society.