Social capital and sport organisations /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tacon, Richard (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Series:Routledge research in sport, culture and society.
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Table of Contents:
  • Social capital and sport organisations: An introduction
  • Social capital and sport: A 20 year overview
  • Social capital: A mechanism based conceptualisation
  • The case studies: An introduction
  • Forming and maintaining social ties in voluntary sports clubs
  • The core social capital mechanisms in voluntary sports clubs
  • The outcomes of social capital in voluntary sports clubs
  • How context shapes social capital in voluntary sports clubs: Personal context and club culture
  • How context shapes social capital in voluntary sports clubs: Key elements of club context
  • Social capital in voluntary sports clubs: International evidence
  • Beyond voluntary sports clubs: Social capital in the wider sport management, policy and sociology literature
  • Social capital and sport organisations: Implications and recommendations for practitioners and policymakers
  • Social capital and sport organisations: A conclusion.