1st Edition
Sport, Welfare and Social Policy in the European Union
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.
