Introduction to the issue "sport for social inclusion: questioning policy, practice and research"
Abstract: An aspect of sport which is often highlighted is its capacity to alleviate processes of social exclusion that are experienced in different areas of life. Despite its acclaimed inclusionary nature, sport remains a site of multiple and diverse exclusionary processes (Spaaij, Magee, & Jeanes, 2014). To better understand sport's wider inclusionary outcomes, Ekholm (2013) argued that we should problematize and critically expose the underlying assumptions, distinctions, ideologies, and research positions that constitute the conceptions surrounding sport as a means for social inclusion. If such problematizing and exposing is not empirically done, sport-based social inclusion policies and programs are likely to become inadequate in the face of the exclusionary forces which such schemes seek to combat (Collins & Haudenhuyse, 2015). It is precisely the aim of this thematic issue to scrutinize such issues in relation to sport and its acclaimed potential to facilitate social inclusion and comb
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
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In: Social Inclusion ; 5 (2017) 2 ; 85-90
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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2017
- DOI
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10.17645/si.v5i2.1068
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019051817271305501493
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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14.08.2025, 10:49 AM CEST
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