Sport and social mobility : crossing boundaries / / Ramon Spaaij

• Autore: Spaaij R. F. J (Ramon F. J.)
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4/83; 306.483
• Soggetto topico: Social mobility; Sports - Social aspects; Sports --Social aspects; Social Sciences; Recreation & Sports
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Sport and social mobility
• ISBN: 1-136-70245-8; 1-283-10307-9; 9786613103079; 1-136-70246-6; 0-203-81377-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789804403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society