1st Edition
Sport as Social Policy Midnight Football and the Governing of Society
1 Introduction
2 Interventions
3 Midnight Football
4 Urban Periphery
5 Civil Society
6 Neo-Philanthropy
7 Social Control
8 Integration
9 Modelling
10 Discipline
11 Empowerment
12 Desire
13 Conclusion
Biography
David Ekholm is Associate Professor in social work at Linköping University, Sweden. Ekholm’s main research interests are in the sociology of social work and social policy. This research is characterized by critical and constructionist perspectives on contemporary social policy transformations.
Magnus Dahlstedt is Professor of social work at Linköping University, Sweden. His research concerns the formation of citizenship in times of migration, welfare and social policy transformations. A particular focus is put on mechanisms of inclusion/exclusion, and the living conditions of young people in the context of a polarized urban landscape.
