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Sport has been attributed to helping form stronger societal bonds and boosting self-esteem for the younger generation. Image: Nielsen US Promoting Racial Equality in Sports Study, July 2020, N = 1,000. Sports can also play an important role in addressing and raising awareness of key societal issues. This has been a year of reckoning for social ...
The review followed six steps, namely: (1) identifying the research questions; (2) identifying relevant studies; (3) study selection; (4) charting the data; (5) collating, summarizing and reporting the results. A sixth step, consultation with fellow academics and sport for social cohesion practitioners, was also implemented to add rigour and ...
In this paper, we explore how social cohesion is defined in the context of a SFD initiative, the complexities of defining social cohesion, and how this shapes management practices. Adopting an ethnographic approach over two years, we collected data via research observations, reflexive journal entries, organisational documents, and semi-structured interviews.
- Katherine Raw, Emma Sherry, Katie Rowe
- 2021
Oct 23, 2023 · Sport, physical activity and social cohesion are increasingly linked within the academic literature. Indeed, studies recognise both the importance of social cohesion for promoting physical activity and the potential of sport to support social cohesion. Up until now, however, the ways in which social cohesion has been defined and measured in the context of sport and physical activity have not ...
This book takes a critical look at the role that sport can play in fostering social cohesion. It presents important conceptual and empirical material that sheds new light on what works, and what doesn’t, in terms of the use of sport as a tool of social policy. The book presents original research from a major international project, the Sport ...
- 1st Edition
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Theoretical and Practical Perspectives. This book takes a critical look at the role that sport can play in fostering social cohesion. It presents important conceptual and empirical material that sheds new light on what works, and what doesn’t, in terms of the use of sport as a tool of social policy. The book presents original research from a ...
