264 _1 |a London ; |a New York, NY : |b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, |c 2022.

505 0_ |a Social capital and sport organisations: An introduction -- Social capital and sport: A 20 year overview -- Social capital: A mechanism based conceptualisation -- The case studies: An introduction -- Forming and maintaining social ties in voluntary sports clubs -- The core social capital mechanisms in voluntary sports clubs -- The outcomes of social capital in voluntary sports clubs -- How context shapes social capital in voluntary sports clubs: Personal context and club culture -- How context shapes social capital in voluntary sports clubs: Key elements of club context -- Social capital in voluntary sports clubs: International evidence -- Beyond voluntary sports clubs: Social capital in the wider sport management, policy and sociology literature -- Social capital and sport organisations: Implications and recommendations for practitioners and policymakers -- Social capital and sport organisations: A conclusion.

520 __ |a "Drawing on primary research within voluntary sports clubs in the UK and secondary analysis of the wider international literature on social capital, this text focuses on the micro-processes of social capital development and how they play out in specific social settings. In so doing, it adds to existing research by developing a rich, contextualised, process-based view of social capital in action. This is an illuminating reading for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers with an interest in the sociology of sport, sport development, sport management, sport policy, social theory, social policy, or social networks"--