1st Edition

Sport, Welfare and Social Policy in the European Union

Edited By Nicola Porro, Stefano Martelli, Alberto Testa Copyright 2020
    186 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    186 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Sport is often seen as an indicator of the civic maturity of a community, an aspect of the rights of citizens to health, education and social integration. This book examines the relationships between participation in sport and physical activity, and welfare policies across Europe.

    It argues that the success of campaigns for the promotion of sport depend on the existence of dedicated welfare policies promoted by the European states and explores variations in cultural models and structures of governance across Europe. Addressing the function of supranational institutions such as the EU as well as voluntary networks, the book illuminates key issues in European societies such as migration, financial austerity and Brexit as they relate to sport policy.

    This is important reading for scholars and students in the fields of European sport and physical activity, sociology, political science and organisational analysis, as well as operators and managers of the sport systems involved in advanced training programmes.

    1. Introduction: sport and the citizens of a disenchanted Europe

    Nicola R. Porro, Stefano Martellli, Alberto Testa

    Part I: Sports Policies, Non-Profit and Social Issues

    2. Migrants’ social integration through movement practices?

    Stefano Martelli

    3. Sport and the ‘question’ of Islam in Europe

    Mahfoud Amara

    4. European sport systems and the voluntary sector: non-profit organisations race for sport development

    Nico Bortoletto and Alessandro Porrovecchio

    5. Sport in jail: a sociological comparative perspective

    Maurizio Esposito

    Part II: The Sport of Citizenship: An Incipient Europeanisation?

    6. The Europeanisation of sport: sociology of a new European public action

    William Gasparini

    7. The organisation of sport and sports policies in Germany

    Michel Koebel

    8. Sports organisations and policies in France

    William Gasparini

    9. Sport and welfare in Britain

    Ivan Waddington

    10. Welfare and sports policies in contemporary Italy

    Nicola R. Porro

    11. Physical activity and sport in Spain

    Juan Antonio Simón Sanjurjo

    12. Sport and welfare in central and eastern European countries

    Simona Kustec and Simon Licen

    13. In the homeland of sport for all: the Scandinavian countries

    Irene Masoni

    14. Conclusion: established models of European sport revisited from a socio-politological approach

    Jeroen Scheerder

    Index

    Biography

    Nicola R. Porro is Full Professor in Sociology at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, and former President of EASS (European Association for the Sociology of Sport), Italy.

    Stefano Martelli is Full Professor in the Sociology of Sport Communication at the Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy.

    Alberto Testa is Full Professor in Applied Criminology at Ealing Law School, University of West London, UK.