Youth Sport And Social Capital
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| Author | : Matthew Nicholson |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 385 |
| Release | : 2008-05-09 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1136365036 |
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 is the first book to examine this increasingly high profile area in detail. It explores the ways in which sport contributes to the creation, development, maintenance and, in some cases, diminution of social capital. Written by an internationally renowned author team who are leading figures in this area of study, this engaging and far-reaching text brings leading research from around the world into one comprehensively edited volume. Themes covered in the book include: education, gender, policy, community, youth sport, diversity and many more. It is essential reading for sport management, sport development and sport sociology students around the globe and offers fascinating and invaluable insight to interested stakeholders from industry, community and government.
| Author | : Matthew Nicholson |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 385 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0750685867 |
The first text to explore sport's contribution to the hot topic of social capital, in an expertly edited collection of contributions from an internationally renowned author team.
| Author | : Sean F. Brown |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2020-06-04 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 0429588976 |
This book examines the youth sport parent experience through the lens of social capital, a cornerstone social science concept of the past 30 years. Social capital reflects the value of one’s social networks, and the actual and potential benefits – and costs – of relationships. Bringing together a team of kids for a season also brings together their families who all must negotiate this new social world. Within this world, relationships are bound to form, and these are the foundation upon which this project rests. Youth sport scholars have traditionally been interested in questions such as: how many kids play sports, what sports they play, how and why do they start playing and stop playing, and the costs and benefit of participation. However, aside from sensational examples of youth sport parents behaving badly, scholars know far less about the parental experience. This time is meaningful for parents, because parents often spend as much or even more time at the fields than their children. It is thus worth examining what they might get out of this investment. Utilizing two years of fieldwork and over 30 interviews with parents and board members of a youth baseball league in the southwestern United States, this book provides an inside look at the beneficial relationships that can be found in the bleachers of a kids’ baseball game, as well as the unseen, high-stakes games waged in the boardroom, where relationships can carry heavy costs as well. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.
| Author | : Guilherme Hebling Costa |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 101 |
| Release | : 2021 |
| Genre | : Electronic dissertations |
| ISBN | : |
While there are studies that suggest sport to be a fertile ground for the development of social capital, the youth sport context has been largely overlooked. Being involved in their children's sports participation may provide parents opportunities to establish connections and develop social capital. Furthermore, sport may also provide bonding opportunities for parents and their offspring, potentially enhancing the parent-child relationship.The purpose of the current study was to explore the relationship between parental involvement in youth sport, social capital, parent-child relationship, and subjective well-being. This study employed an explanatory sequential design. Participants responded to a demographic survey followed by psychometric instruments assessing the aforementioned variables. To further assess the relationship between variables, a subsample was recruited for interviews.Participants had been considerably involved in youth sport and, though this influenced the parent-child relationship, it did not have the same effect for parent's social capital.The results of this study are consistent with the literature on sport parenting suggesting that parental involvement may enhance the parent-child relationship. The same cannot be stated for its potential to enhance one's social capital, as there are person-context features that are likely to moderate this process, such as the overall climate, community characteristics, membership to social groups, and individual dispositions. In conclusion, while youth sport may have potential to enhance parent's social capital, this will only occur within certain conditions.
| Author | : Ross Deuchar |
| Publisher | : Trentham Books Limited |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : |
Adolescents today are demonized by politicians and the media across the world. We are bombarded with assertions of young people's antisocial behavior and gang fighting and the link to depletion of social capital. This book examines the extent to which young people are engaging with the indicators of social capital, as illustrated by a sample group of 16-18 year-olds in the most socially deprived urban areas of Glasgow in Scotland. Ross Deuchar's compelling research reveals the adolescents' views on life in the city, the influence of gang culture and territoriality on their own lives and on the social capital within their communities. The book features the voices of young people, some of them asylum seekers or from ethnic minority backgrounds, who have become disenfranchised by educational failure, unemployment and poverty and also of those who have faced great challenges but have overcome them. The book examines the extent of their civic participation, social networks and levels of reciprocity and trust, and presents case studies of projects and initiatives which are helping to re-engage young people. Here is a book written for all those who work with young people from disadvantaged groups, whether in schools or youth organizations. It will be of particular relevance to academic researchers with an interest in social capital and also to community educationalists and youth leaders, secondary teachers and students who are studying towards qualifications in community education and youth work. The book will also interest people who are concerned with community welfare: politicians, the police, community sports development officers and youth coaches.
| Author | : Michael Frank Collins |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9780415259590 |
Structured around key excluded groups, such as the elderly, ethnic minorities, the disabled and rural communities, this book offers an assessment of sports policy in contemporary Britain.
| Author | : Nicholas F. Rowe |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 181 |
| Release | : 2017-11-08 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1351970291 |
In a world of competing public policy priorities, economic challenges and political uncertainty, sports development organisations and initiatives need to adapt to survive. This book makes the case for 'Sporting Capital' as a new conceptual model of sports participation with the potential to transform public policy and practice in sports development. The central argument presented is that a model of Sporting Capital - with its three domains of physiological, social and psychological attributes - provides a missing framework, creating a new impetus for sustained growth in community sport by joining up the levels at which sports development is planned and implemented. Touching on important issues such as youth sport, public health, volunteering, disability, ethnicity and social inequality, it examines patterns of sports participation in relation to age, gender and social class and offers recommendations for strategic policy improvements that can be implemented by practitioners working on the frontline of community sport. Sporting Capital: Transforming Sports Development Policy and Practice provides valuable insights for all those interested in sports development, youth sport, community sport, or sport and social policy.
| Author | : Richard Tacon |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2021-10-22 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1000466396 |
Drawing on primary research within voluntary sports clubs in the UK and secondary analysis of the wider international literature on social capital, this text focuses on the micro-processes of social capital development and how they play out in specific social settings. In so doing, it adds to existing research by developing a rich, contextualised, process-based view of social capital in action. Critically reviewing theoretical and empirical literature on social capital, the book highlights the key current debates. The empirical core of the book draws on ethnographic observation over 18 months at voluntary sports clubs in the UK, including in-depth interviews with sports club members and organisers. The text explicitly seeks to set this empirical work in its wider context, by considering the findings in relation to other international studies of social capital in both sports clubs and other types of organisation. The book draws on international research from a whole range of countries: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Japan, Vanuatu, Czech Republic, Germany, and many others. The book establishes a transferable, process-based understanding of how social capital develops – both within sports clubs and beyond. This is an illuminating reading for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers with an interest in the sociology of sport, sport development, sport management, sport policy, social theory, social policy, or social networks.
| Author | : Earl Smith |
| Publisher | : Human Kinetics |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 0736075720 |
Sociology of Sport and Social Theory presents current research perspectives from major sport scholars and leading sociologists regarding issues germane to the sociology of sport while addressing traditional and contemporary sociological theories.
| Author | : Fred Coalter |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 217 |
| Release | : 2007-11-28 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1134227124 |
Sport is perceived to have the potential to alleviate a variety of social problems and generally to ‘improve’ both individuals and the communities in which they live. Sport is promoted as a relatively cost effective antidote to a range of social problems – often those stemming from social exclusion - including poor health, high crime levels, drug abuse and persistent youth offending, educational under-achievement, lack of social cohesion and community identity and economic decline. To this end, there is increasing governmental interest in what has become known as ‘sport for good’. A Wider Social Role for Sport presents the political and historical context for this increased government interest in sport’s potential contribution to a range of social problems. The book explores the particular social problems that governments seek to address through sport, and examines the nature and extent of the evidence for sport’s positive role. It illustrates that, in an era of evidence-based policy-making, the cumulative evidence base for many of these claims is relatively weak, in part because such research is faced with substantial methodological problems in isolating the precise contribution of sport in many contexts. Drawing on worldwide research, A Wider Social Role for Sport explores the current state of knowledge and understanding of the presumed impacts of sport and suggests that we need to adopt a different approach to research and evaluation if sports researchers are to develop their understanding and make a substantial contribution to sports policy..
