Sport As Social Policy - Midnight Football and the Governing of Society

This book analyses the increasing use of sport in European and Western welfare states as a tool of social policy and its promotion as a solution to social problems.

List of contents

1 Introduction
2 Interventions
3 Midnight Football
4 Urban Periphery
5 Civil Society
6 Neo-Philanthropy
7 Social Control
8 Integration
9 Modelling
10 Discipline
11 Empowerment
12 Desire
13 Conclusion

About the author

David Ekholm is Associate Professor in social work at Linköping University, Sweden. Ekholm’s main research interests are in the sociology of social work and social policy. This research is characterized by critical and constructionist perspectives on contemporary social policy transformations.
Magnus Dahlstedt is Professor of social work at Linköping University, Sweden. His research concerns the formation of citizenship in times of migration, welfare and social policy transformations. A particular focus is put on mechanisms of inclusion/exclusion, and the living conditions of young people in the context of a polarized urban landscape.

Summary

This book analyses the increasing use of sport in European and Western welfare states as a tool of social policy and its promotion as a solution to social problems.

Product details

• Authors: Magnus Dahlstedt, Dahlstedt Magnus, David Ekholm, David (Linkoeping University Ekholm
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032124773
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3212477-3
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Routledge Critical Perspectives on Equality and Social Justice in Sport and Leisure
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book; SPORTS & RECREATION / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Politics & government, Sociology: sport & leisure, Social issues & processes, Sociology: sport and leisure, Politics and government, Social and ethical issues, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects