Youth Sport and Social Capital - Bleachers and Boardrooms

This book examines the youth sport parent experience through the lens of social capital, a cornerstone social science concept of the past 30 years. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

List of contents

1. Introduction: youth sport and social capital 2. Mechanisms of social capital creation and consumption in a youth baseball league 3. What resources do parents exchange in the VCLL? 4. Benefactors and beneficiaries in social capital exchanges 5. The curious case of child care: an anomaly within social capital exchange motives in a youth sport organization 6. From the kids to ‘The Kids’ – the development of negative social capital I a Little League Baseball organization 7. Epilogue: a discussion of the connections between youth sport and social capital 8. Appendix: the structure of the VCLL

About the author

Sean F. Brown is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Sport Management Department of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. He is currently an Associate Editor of Sport in Society; an international, peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis. His research interests include social capital and sport and education, soccer in the United States, and youth sport parents.

Summary

This book examines the youth sport parent experience through the lens of social capital, a cornerstone social science concept of the past 30 years. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Product details

• Authors: Sean F. Brown, Sean F. (George Mason University Brown
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367660963
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66096-3
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Sport in the Global Society - Contemporary Perspectives; Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SPORTS & RECREATION / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Children's & Youth Sports, Sports training & coaching, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: sport and leisure, Sports training and coaching, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects