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| Language | English |
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| Journal | Sport in Society |
| Volume | 17 |
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| Publication status | Published - 12 Sep 2013 |
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Sport and communities: an introduction. / Hassan, David.
In: Sport in Society, Vol. 17, 12.09.2013.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Sport and communities: an introduction
AU - Hassan, David
N1 - Reference text: Coalter, F. 2007a. A Wider Social Role For Sport: Who’s Keeping Score? London: Routledge. Coalter, F. 2007b. “Sports Clubs, Social Capital and Social Regeneration: Ill-Defined Interventions with Hard to Follow Outcomes‘?’.” Sport in Society 10: 537–559. Collins, M. 2003. Sport and Social Exclusion. London: Routledge. Collins, M. 2004. “Voluntary Sports Clubs and Social Capital.” In Volunteers in Sports Clubs, edited by G. Nichols and M. Collins, 105–118. Eastbourne: LSA. Commission on the European Communities. 2007. White Paper on Sport. Brussels: Commission on the European Communities. Nicholson, M., and R. Hoye, eds. 2008. Sport and Social Capital. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
PY - 2013/9/12
Y1 - 2013/9/12
N2 - While there has been considerable academic and popular coverage of the perceivedimportance of community identity in the lives of ordinary citizens, such analysis isproblematical due to a conceptual and theoretical deficiency around the very use andunderstanding of the term. There has been a failure to fully operationalize and thusobjectify (for measurement) some of the contributing elements of this term, which is ofconcern to sports scholars as it is often sport that is used as a proxy measurement of theprecise strength of a community’s vibrancy and connectedness. The latter part of thisintroductory piece details common themes and issues of note that emerge throughoutthe course of the ensuing compendium of published works, which essentially coherearound issues of sport in society, volunteerism and identity.
AB - While there has been considerable academic and popular coverage of the perceivedimportance of community identity in the lives of ordinary citizens, such analysis isproblematical due to a conceptual and theoretical deficiency around the very use andunderstanding of the term. There has been a failure to fully operationalize and thusobjectify (for measurement) some of the contributing elements of this term, which is ofconcern to sports scholars as it is often sport that is used as a proxy measurement of theprecise strength of a community’s vibrancy and connectedness. The latter part of thisintroductory piece details common themes and issues of note that emerge throughoutthe course of the ensuing compendium of published works, which essentially coherearound issues of sport in society, volunteerism and identity.
KW - Sport and Communities
U2 - 10.1080/17430437.2013.828903
DO - 10.1080/17430437.2013.828903
M3 - Article
VL - 17
JO - Sport in Society
T2 - Sport in Society
JF - Sport in Society
SN - 1743-0437
ER -