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Building social capital: Examining the impact of Street Soccer USA on its volunteers:
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Most studies on the use of sport with marginalized populations have focused on the impact on participants, with few studies examining the impact of these interventions on other stakeholder group as discussed by the authors, and thus, few studies have been conducted.Abstract:
Most studies on the use of sport with marginalized populations have centered upon the impact on participants, with few studies examining the impact of these interventions on other stakeholder group...read more
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Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
TL;DR: Bourdieu as mentioned in this paper presents a combination of social theory, statistical data, illustrations, and interviews, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judg..., which is a collection of interviews with Bourdieu.
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Sport for development: An integrated literature review
TL;DR: This article conducted an integrative review of sport-for-development (SFD) literature to portray an overarching and holistic picture of the field and provided evidence of the status quo of current SFD research foci, authorship, geographical contexts, theoretical frameworks, sport activity, level of development, methodologies, methods, and key research findings.
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The making of a social entrepreneur: From participant to cause champion within a sport-for-development context
Adam B. Cohen,Jon Welty Peachey +1 more
TL;DR: This paper examined the impact of a sport-for-development initiative, Street Soccer USA, on one of its most successful participants in order to understand her experiences, expectations, and motivations towards becoming a cause champion and social entrepreneur and continuing her activism.
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Exploring the role of social capital in community-based physical activity: qualitative insights from parkrun
Gareth Wiltshire,Clare Stevinson +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the case of parkrun, a rapidly growing weekly running initiative, to explore the potential of free, community-based opportunities to improve physical activity in low socio-economic groups.
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TL;DR: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Considerations for Getting Started and Techniques for Achieving Theoretical Integration are presented.
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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
TL;DR: Putnam as mentioned in this paper showed that changes in work, family structure, age, suburban life, television, computers, women's roles and other factors are isolating Americans from each other in a trend whose reflection can clearly be seen in British society.
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Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
TL;DR: In this article, a social critic of the judgement of taste is presented, and a "vulgar" critic of 'pure' criticiques is proposed to counter this critique.