Unit:
Library and Information Center
Title:
A new concept in European sport governance: Sport as Social Capital
Languages of Item:
English
Abstract:
Social capital is a key component in understanding the relationship between European sport governing bodies and civil society. A core concept in sociology, political science, organizational behaviour and business, social capital is relatively new in the context of European sport governance. In exploring the boundaries of both sport and social capital in theory and practice, one can see sport as a form of positive social capital that promotes social cohesion, trust, social ties, etc. However, it could also be perceived as «dark» social capital since the politics of sport do not always deliver the social benefits they proclaim due to the «exclusionary» vs. inclusive factors: commercialization, doping, institutionalized gender personification, the leaky pipeline and the glass ceiling in SGBs and in competitive sports. Sport has not yet evolved into a form of social capital which can be nurtured and reproduced to raise social cohesion and eliminate social exclusions.
Authors:
IRENE KAMBERIDOU,
NIKOLAOS PATSADARAS
Journal:
Biology of Exercise
Publisher:
University of Peloponnese, Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life
Keywords:
Sport, social capital, dark social capital in sports, social capital production and reproduction, gender personification in sports, leaky pipeline, glass ceiling, women's underrepresentation
Main subject category:
Education - Sport science
Official URL (Publisher):
DOI:
http:dx.doi.org/10.4127/jbe.2007.3.21-34
