This book analyses the increasing use of sport in European and Western welfare states as a tool of social policy and its promotion as a solution to social problems.
This book analyses the increasing use of sport in European and Western welfare states as a tool of social policy and its promotion as a solution to social problems.
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.
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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
