Sport and Social Capital

"The chapters in this collection provide a sound contribution to the burgeoning literature that surrounds sport and social capital. The many case studies provide ample sources of evidence for further discussion and analysis of the role sport has or can have in forming social capital in all its guises." Andrew Adams, International Journal of Sport Policy

Dr Matthew Nicholson is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Management in the School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. His research and teaching interests focus on the contribution of sport to social capital, sport policy development and practice, the relationship between sport and the media, and the management of sport organisations. His most recent books include Sport and the Media: Managing the Nexus (2007) and Sport Management: Principles and Applications (2006) with Elsevier and Australian Sport: Better by Design? The Evolution of Australian Sport Policy (2004) with Routledge. Dr. Russell Hoye, Associate Professor in Sport Management, School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Latrobe University, Victoria, Australia. Russell worked at Victoria University of Technology as a lecturer in recreation and sports management for six years from 1993 before assuming a position as a Project Manager with the Victorian State Government Department of Sport and Recreation. Since 1998, Russell has also managed his own consulting practice in recreation and community development, focussing on community based organisational development. In 2002/03 Russell worked as a Lecturer in Sports Management at Griffith University, before commencing at La Trobe University in 2004. Russell's main teaching areas comprise - sport management, and organisational behaviour. Russell serves as the Coordinator of Postgraduate Studies for the School of Tourism and Hospitality and is a member of the Faculty of Law and Management Research and Graduate Studies Committee. He is a former board member of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS) and the Guest Editor for a special issue of Sport Management Review on professional sport in Australia and New Zealand due for publication in 2005.

1. Sport and social capital: An introduction Part I: Concepts and contexts 2. Avoiding the numbers game: Social theory, policy and sports role in the art of relationship building 3. Sport-in-development: Development for and through sport? 4. Locating social capital in sport policy by Russell Hoye and Matthew Nicholson; Chapter 5: Narrowing the gap through sport, education and social capital? Part II: Clubs and community sport organisations 6. Community sport networks 7. Voluntary sport clubs: The potential for the development of social capital by Chris Auld; Chapter 8: Community sport/recreation members and social capital measures in Sweden and Australia 9. Volunteering in community sport organisations: Implications for social capital Part III: Sport and social capital in action 10. Sport's ambiguous relationship with social capital: The contribution of national governing bodies of sport 11. Public policies, social capital and voluntary sport 12. Race equality and sport networks: Social capital links 13. Stepping into community? The impact of youth sport volunteering on young people's social capital 14. Soccer and social capital in Australia: Social networks in transition 15. Sport facilities as social capital