Sport and Social Entrepreneurship in Sweden

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-72495-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 126 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

This edited collection explores the concept of social entrepreneurship in sport, examining how it has been used in Swedish society to date. It explores how this approach in sport could also be used to address wider socio-political issues, including economic, political, cultural and pedagogical in European society.

Sport and Social Entrepreneurship in Sweden explores different social entrepreneurship projects which have created new forms of activity and reached groups of children and young people previously disengaged in sport. The authors also highlight the growing momentum of this kind of entrepreneurship in Sweden after a period of societal upheaval that has resulted in a blurring of social borders and the founding of new organisational forms.

This book contributes to the formation of a new field of research, involving theoretical and empirical work on the characteristics and possibilities of social entrepreneurship in relation to sport.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peterson, Tomas

Schenker, Katarina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Sweden - The Societal Setting.- 3. Social Entrepreneurship in an International Contex.- 4. A Definition of Sport and Social Entrepreneurship.- 5. The Cases.- 6. Social Entrepreneurship, Sport and Democracy Development.- 7. Ethics in Researching Sport and Social Entrepreneurship.- 8. A Methodological Tool for Researching Sport and Social Entrepreneurship.

Über Autor(innen)

Tomas Peterson is Senior Professor at Malmö University, Sweden, and Professor II at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. His research areas include sport and social entrepreneurship, the professionalization of Swedish football, and sport politics.

Katarina Schenker is Senior Lecturer in Sport Sciences at Linnaeus University, Sweden. Her research interests concern the inclusion and exclusion of children and youth in physical education and health, and in the state-funded Swedish sports movement.