Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Social Capital, Governance and Sport; 2 The EU and Sport Governance: Between Economic and Social Values; 3 Czech Sport Governance Cultures and a Plurality of Social Capitals: Politicking Zone, Movement and Community; 4 Danish Sport Governance: Tradition in Transition; 5 Sport and Social Capital in England; 6 Social Capital and Sport Governance in France; 7 Sport, Divided Societies and Social Capital in Ireland; 8 The Social Capital of Sport: The Case of Italy
9 Governance and Social Capital: Democratic Effects and Policy Outcomes in a Nordic Sport Model10 Conclusion: Understanding Social Capital as Both Metaphor and Traditional Form of Social Exchange; Contributors; Index
Summary
This book critically presents the mechanisms and structures in a selection of sport federations within a variety of European countries that illuminate the varied relationships between not-for-profit sport federations, their members, governments and the citizens they represent
