Sport and Social Mobility

Crossing Boundaries

By:

Ramon Spaaij

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

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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 and the Netherlands to rural communities and the Somali diaspora in Australia. The first international comparison of and critical reflection on the relationship between social mobility and participation in non-professional sport, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in sport’s potential for social inclusion.

Author Biography:

Ramón Spaaij is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Australia, and at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam.

Release date NZ

May 23rd, 2013

Author

Ramon Spaaij

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

2 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

222

Series

Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Dimensions

152x229x12

ISBN-13

9780415850803

Product ID

21038361

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