Social Innovation in Sport /

This book provides fresh insights on how social innovations are utilized as strategies to make sport more accessible and inclusive. It does so by bringing together theoretical insights and empirical studies from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the United States, Australia, Turkey and Belgium. Within the ov...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Tjønndal, Anne (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Edition:	1st ed. 2021.
Subjects:	Sports-Sociological aspects. Sports sciences. Social policy. Welfare state. Social service. Sociology of Sport and Leisure. Sport Science . Social Policy. Politics of the Welfare State. Social Work and Community Development. Comparative Social Policy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Social Innovation in Sport: An Introduction to the Theory
3. Social Innovations and Social Entrepreneurship in Sport
4. Practice Occludes Diffusion: Scaling Sports-Based Social Innovations
5. We App to Move' - A Co-Created Digital Platform to Support Self-Organised Sporting Activities Among Socially Vulnerable Youth in Bruges
6. Social Innovation, Sport and Urban Planning
7. Social Innovation and Challenges in Youth-Based Sport Practices: an Analysis of State-led Programs
8. Social Innovation and Virtual Sport: A Case of Esports in Norway
9. Footbag Freestyle: Innovation in the Organization and Practice of Sport
10. Social Innovation and Fitness Sports: A case of the CrossFit Movement in North America
11. The Wonderful World of Quidditch: An Innovative Model of Gender Inclusivity
12. "Introducing" roller derby: An old sport made new and innovations in gender policies
13. The creation of STUNT cheer: A story of cheerleading, Title IX, and the gender politics of sport
14. Social Innovation in Sport: Implications and Directions for Research.