Sport and social mobility : crossing boundaries / Ramon Spaaij.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spaaij, R. F. J. (Ramon F. J.), author.

Series:

Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society ; v.8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social mobility.

Sports--Social aspects.

Sports.

Local Subjects:

Social mobility.

Sports--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-202) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-70245-8

1-283-10307-9

9786613103079

1-136-70246-6

0-203-81377-4

9780203813775

OCLC:

712037613