The Palgrave Handbook of Disability Sport in Europe

Policies, Structures and Participation
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-21758-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 613 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1156 g

This handbook explores the various ways in which disability sport is governed and organised across Europe, as well as examining the extent to which persons with a disability participate in sport at the grassroots level. Based upon a solid theoretical framework and up-to-date data, the 19 country-specific chapters in this handbook give a comparative overview of the structuring, steering and supporting elements of disability sport policy and sport participation levels amongst persons with a disability, as well as the extent to which countries adopt policies to promote inclusion in sport in this population. A multitude of authors also identify the various methods and challenges in collecting sport participation data with regard to persons with a disability. This handbook will be a valuable resource for academic study across a range of sport and disability related programs, as well as a point of reference for researchers and policymakers working in this area.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lindert, Caroline van

Scheerder, Jeroen

Brittain, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport, Sportwissenschaft: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction. Sport participation a human right for persons with a disability.- 2. Understanding disability, disability sport and inclusion.- 3. Participation in sport and physical activity amongst people with a disability. A pan-European comparative approach.- 4. Denmark: Disability sports policy at arm’s length.- 5. Finland. Facts behind the long and complicated process of disability inclusion in sports.- 6. Disability and sport in Iceland.- 7. Norway.- 8. Beyond inclusion - opportunity structures in sports for all in Sweden.- 9. Ireland.- 10. Northern Ireland: Disability Sport in a Shared Space.- 11. United Kingdom: An inclusionary approach to sport.- 12. Austria: Half Way to Inclusion?.- 13. Disability sport in Belgium/Flanders. From a fragmented mosaic towards a more inclusive landscape.- 14. Complexity and Coexistence: Disability Sport in Germany.- 15. The Netherlands, towards inclusive sport for people with a disability.- 16. Switzerland.- 17. Hungary: Rise of attention given to disability sports.- 18. Disability Sport in Lithuania.- 19. Structure of the analysis on the development and situation of disability sport in Slovenia.- 20. Portugal: pathways of sport for people with disabilities .- 21. Disability sport in Spain.- 22. Turkey (Republic of Turkey): Disability Sports, Policies and Implementations.- 23. The landscape of sport for persons with a disability: a system within a system.

Über Autor(innen)

Caroline van Lindert is Senior Researcher at the Mulier Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Jeroen Scheerder is Professor in the Faculty of Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium, and head of the Policy in Sports & Physical Activity Research Group.

Ian Brittain is Associate Professor (Research) in the Centre for Business in Society at Coventry University, UK.