Social Capital and Sport Organisations

Richard Tacon

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Routledge
25 September 2023

Society & culture: general; Sociology: sport & leisure; Economics; Sport & leisure industries; Sports training & coaching

Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Drawing on primary research within voluntary sports clubs in the UK and secondary analysis of the wider international literature on social capital, this text focuses on the micro-processes of social capital development and how they play out in specific social settings. In so doing, it adds to existing research by developing a rich, contextualised, process-based view of social capital in action.

Critically reviewing theoretical and empirical literature on social capital, the book highlights the key current debates. The empirical core of the book draws on ethnographic observation over 18 months at voluntary sports clubs in the UK, including in-depth interviews with sports club members and organisers. The text explicitly seeks to set this empirical work in its wider context, by considering the findings in relation to other international studies of social capital in both sports clubs and other types of organisation. The book draws on international research from a whole range of countries: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Japan, Vanuatu, Czech Republic, Germany, and many others. The book establishes a transferable, process-based understanding of how social capital develops – both within sports clubs and beyond.

This is an illuminating reading for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers with an interest in the sociology of sport, sport development, sport management, sport policy, social theory, social policy, or social networks.

By: Richard Tacon
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032118741
ISBN 10: 1032118741
Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 25 September 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Tacon is Senior Lecturer in Management at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. His research interests are in sport governance and the social impact of sport.

Reviews for Social Capital and Sport Organisations

"""This book examines the concept of social capital in sport through the lens of three case studies involving voluntary sports organizations in the UK … Libraries at institutions with academic programs supporting study of the sociology of sport will be particularly interested in acquiring this book representing both original research and several pertinent literature reviews. Summing Up: Recommended."" – S. Alexander, California State University East Bay, CHOICE ""Overall, it is an accessible text that can help inform new directions in anthropological investigations into sport at the level of the individual and community."" - Geoff Piggott, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology"