Ørnulf Seippel
Biographic Data
| ID | 290948 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ørnulf Seippel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ørnulf |
| FAMILY NAME | Seippel |
| SIGNATURE | SEIPPEL Ø |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian School of Sport Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2952-090X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 168 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Deliberate, incidental, incapable, or unwilling: Sport clubs framing of climate issues
Sports clubs are under increasing pressure to take responsibility for more than offering sports activities. Reducing climate gas emissions can be such an area of responsibility, and in this study we ask how sport clubs address climate issues at the local level. The theoretical premise is that the meaning of climate change for a sport club does not arise automatically but requires interpretation: what we call framing. The study is based on 18 qual…
Willingness of voluntary sports clubs to implement integration programmes – A construction of organisational identity ideal types
Integration of migrants is currently among the most relevant political issues in Western societies. In this context, voluntary sport clubs (VSCs) have been granted substantial trust to bring people together in joint sport activities. However, despite ambitious programmes launched by public authorities and/, or sport federations, a relatively small proportion of VSCs engage with such targeted initiatives. The existing literature provides explanati…
Why sports? Sketching a typology of young people’s reasons for taking part in sports
We sketch a typology of sport participation reasons grounded in data from 2581 short-answers from youths in organized sports. We develop the typology abductively against theories from philosophy, sociology, and psychology to better capture the full scale of possible participation reasons in organized youth sport. Key empirical findings are, first, that in addition to having fun and being with friends, youths participate to expand their social net…
More than sports? A study of Norwegians’ opinions on sports’ social and political responsibilities
Sports are criticised for their lack of social and political responsibility. In this study, I ask people about the extent to which they think it is important that sports should be sociopolitically responsible regarding ten issues: health, social communities, gender, racism, integration of minorities, sexual orientation, social inequality, disabilities, doping, and the environment. Next, I investigate how people's opinions vary according to their …
Social status and sport: A study of young Norwegians
In this article, we study social status associated with sport. First, we examine the extent to which sport gives social status to Norwegian youths and athletes, how sport does so compared to other status markers and how sport and other various status markers vary by age, gender and cultural class. Second, we study how sport performances influence social status (popularity and likeability) among athletes. We hypothesise that (i) sport has a high s…
Framing of environmental issues in voluntary sport organizations
This explorative study draws on content analysis of the environmental policy documents of voluntary sport organizations in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. We develop a typology of ways in which sport organizations frame environmental problems and find four ideal typical frames: (1) a general non-committal frame; (2) a sport-specific technical frame; (3) a growth-oriented opportunity frame; and (4) a crisis frame viewing environmental issues as an exi…
Dropout and social inequality: Young people’s reasons for leaving organized sports
Few quantitative studies have looked at how reasons for quitting organized sports vary according to social backgrounds. The present paper addresses this gap by investigating how youths’ perceptions of six reasons for dropping out of organized youth sports vary according to three types of social inequality: socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and gender. We utilize data from the 2015 Young in Oslo survey, where organized youth sport dropouts in grade…
Friends in Sports: Social Networks in Leisure, School and Social Media
Young athletes value their social relations in sports, and these social relations can have consequences when it comes to joining, continuing, and quitting sports. Yet the important question of how social relations in sports develop has not yet been adequately answered. Hence, we investigated how athletes' social relations in sports depend on social relations outside of sports: in leisure, school, and social media. A total of 387 athletes (aged 16…
Volunteer satisfaction in sports clubs: A multilevel analysis in 10 European countries
Regular voluntary engagement is a basic resource for sports clubs that may also promote social cohesion and active citizenship. The satisfaction of volunteers is an imperative factor in this engagement, and the purpose of this article is to explore individual and organizational determinants of volunteer satisfaction in sports clubs. Theoretically, our study builds on the actor-theory concepts where volunteer satisfaction depends on subjective eva…
Parental satisfaction with inclusion in physical education
Knowledge is scarce on parental satisfaction with the inclusion of children with disabilities in physical education (PE). This study explored how parents’ satisfaction with inclusion in PE was associated with parental and child interpersonal and intrapersonal characteristics. Seventy-two parents of children with disabilities participated in the survey-based study. The results of the ordinary least square regression (OLS) and quantile regression (…
Democratic Participation in Voluntary Associations: A Multilevel Analysis of Sports Clubs in Europe
Non-profit associations are usually democratically organized, and this feature plays a legitimizing role for the public support to associations. This article examines which characteristics at country level, organizational level and individual level can explain variations with regard to member engagement in the association democracy in sports clubs in Europe. The statistical analyses use data on 12,755 members from 642 sports clubs in ten European…
Social integration in sports clubs: Individual and organisational factors in a European context
Sports clubs are often perceived as important mediums for social integration, but the empirical evidence to support this claim is limited. This article sets out to identify individual and organisational characteristics that are conducive to social integration of members and volunteers. Drawing on survey data from 13,000 members and volunteers in ten European countries, an exploratory factor analysis identified three dimensions of social integrati…
Social networks and gender in organized youth sports
Sports are social, and the sociability of sports (e.g. individual experiences, group cohesion or generalised social trust) and its consequences (e.g. enjoyment, inclusion, or social capital) depends on the social networks in sports teams. In this study we investigate various types of social networks in sports—strong and weak—for boys and girls. We look at the number of social relations in each team (average degree), how centralised and hierarchic…
Topics and trends: 30 Years of Sociology of Sport
What is and was the sociology of sports all about? Through the method of topic modelling, I will investigate the content of all articles (full text, N = 1923) from what has historically been the three leading sociology of sport journals – Sociology of Sport Journal, International Review for the Sociology of Sport and Journal of Sport and Social Issues – from 1984 to 2014. The study extracts 20 dominant topics: from the vague but central topic of …
Sports and Nationalism in a Globalized World
The topic of this article is sport nationalism. Using survey data from 25 countries, the study shows generally high levels of sport nationalism. The results indicate, however, that Western Europe has a lower level of sport nationalism while some less developed countries and Eastern Europe have higher levels. Furthermore, this research looks at how sport nationalism depends on individual and national characteristics. At the individual level, age, …
Attacking beautifully or defending efficiently? A sociological analysis of the prevalence and effect of football strategies
Football ideology is built upon an antagonism between offensive and defensive and effective and beautiful football: attack beautifully and lose, or, defend efficiently and win! In this article, I address the validity of this hegemonic understanding and investigate the extent to which (i) modern football actually practises one or the other – scoring goals or avoids conceding – and (ii) how the two strategies actually pay off. The case is 65 years …
Populist political right opinions and political trust among Norwegian youth
Recent decades have seen the growth of various strands of right-wing populist political orientations, where populism and critique of immigration policies have been central. These ideological developments have caused concern for the legitimacy of social and political institutions. The question explored in this paper, based on Norwegian survey data, is ‘Which types of right political orientations exist among young people, and how do these political…
Physical exercise and social inequality in Norway – A comparison of OLS and quantile regression analysis
About two thirds of the Norwegian population exercise less than recommended by public authorities. Traditional studies of exercise and social inequality using OLS-regression give us information on the average person (conditioned mean value of a distribution), but might ignore information useful for understanding the situation for those, as in the Norwegian case, less physically active. In this article quantile regression – addressing units at var…
Does Membership in Civil Society Organizations Foster Social Integration? The Case of Danish Voluntary Sport Organizations
Voluntary organizations are generally perceived as important arenas in which social integration can be fostered. There is, however, no consensus on the meaning of such integration, and the empirical evidence for the claim is lacking. This article studies social integration within voluntary sport organizations, which make up a significant element of civil society in most Western societies. The article provides a theoretical framework well suited f…
The fine art of coaching: Instructions, Social Support or Democratic Participation
Although coaches are of extreme importance for how the many visions associated with sports are fulfilled, we know little about who coaches are and how they practise coaching. This paper responds to this challenge by answering two sets of questions empirically. First: Who are the coaches? Which athletes have which coaches? Second: How do coaches coach? How do we explain differences in coaching practices? Theoretically, the paper is based on a fram…
Bokessay
Sports in Civil Society: Networks, Social Capital and Influence
Sports represent the largest category of voluntary organizations in many European countries. This article addresses questions concerning the position, centrality and influence of sports organizations as one specific part of civil society, and is based on an approach providing information on networks between categories of organizations. These networks consist of overlapping affiliations to organizations which are then interpreted as structures mak…
Sport and Social Capital
Even though voluntary sport organizations make up the largest part of the voluntary sector in many western countries, few studies have been carried out focusing on sport as part of civil society. Against this background, the aim of the article is to study how voluntary sport organizations operate and what social and political effects they might have through the concept of social capital. The theoretical part of the article identifies the most use…
Sport, civil society and social integration: The case of Norwegian voluntary sport organizations
Voluntary sport organizations make up the largest part of voluntary sector in many countries. Yet, in light of the renewed social and political interest in civil society, we do not know very much about how sport organizations operate and function. Accordingly, this article addresses the question of how voluntary sport organizations contribute to social integration through differences in community structures. First a theoretical framework making i…
The World According to Voluntary Sport Organizations: Voluntarism, Economy and Facilities
Current social shifts pose challenges for voluntary sport organizations. Various discourses present volunteering, facilities and economics as critical obstacles to the future of these organizations. In this article, I ask how voluntary sport organizations themselves see the situation. What are the most pressing obstacles to their future development? How do they actually meet these challenges in their daily life? I also see how various kinds of sp…
Sport and Social Capital
Even though voluntary sport organizations make up the largest part of the voluntary sector in many western countries, few studies have been carried out focusing on sport as part of civil society. Against this background, the aim of the article is to study how voluntary sport organizations operate and what social and political effects they might have through the concept of social capital. The theoretical part of the article identifies the most use…
Social integration in sports clubs: Individual and organisational factors in a European context
Sports clubs are often perceived as important mediums for social integration, but the empirical evidence to support this claim is limited. This article sets out to identify individual and organisational characteristics that are conducive to social integration of members and volunteers. Drawing on survey data from 13,000 members and volunteers in ten European countries, an exploratory factor analysis identified three dimensions of social integrati…
Topics and trends: 30 Years of Sociology of Sport
What is and was the sociology of sports all about? Through the method of topic modelling, I will investigate the content of all articles (full text, N = 1923) from what has historically been the three leading sociology of sport journals – Sociology of Sport Journal, International Review for the Sociology of Sport and Journal of Sport and Social Issues – from 1984 to 2014. The study extracts 20 dominant topics: from the vague but central topic of …
Sports and Nationalism in a Globalized World
The topic of this article is sport nationalism. Using survey data from 25 countries, the study shows generally high levels of sport nationalism. The results indicate, however, that Western Europe has a lower level of sport nationalism while some less developed countries and Eastern Europe have higher levels. Furthermore, this research looks at how sport nationalism depends on individual and national characteristics. At the individual level, age, …
Sport, civil society and social integration: The case of Norwegian voluntary sport organizations
Voluntary sport organizations make up the largest part of voluntary sector in many countries. Yet, in light of the renewed social and political interest in civil society, we do not know very much about how sport organizations operate and function. Accordingly, this article addresses the question of how voluntary sport organizations contribute to social integration through differences in community structures. First a theoretical framework making i…
Volunteers and Professionals in Norwegian Sport Organizations
The mass media, politicians, and social scientists assert that there are increasing problems in recruiting volunteers to voluntary organizations. This paper investigates the situation with respect to voluntary sport organizations in a Norwegian context. The situation for voluntary and paid work is described and discussed with respect to different kinds of sport organizations. The empirical results show that voluntary work still is the foundation …
Democratic Participation in Voluntary Associations: A Multilevel Analysis of Sports Clubs in Europe
Non-profit associations are usually democratically organized, and this feature plays a legitimizing role for the public support to associations. This article examines which characteristics at country level, organizational level and individual level can explain variations with regard to member engagement in the association democracy in sports clubs in Europe. The statistical analyses use data on 12,755 members from 642 sports clubs in ten European…
Dropout and social inequality: Young people’s reasons for leaving organized sports
Few quantitative studies have looked at how reasons for quitting organized sports vary according to social backgrounds. The present paper addresses this gap by investigating how youths’ perceptions of six reasons for dropping out of organized youth sports vary according to three types of social inequality: socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and gender. We utilize data from the 2015 Young in Oslo survey, where organized youth sport dropouts in grade…
Does Membership in Civil Society Organizations Foster Social Integration? The Case of Danish Voluntary Sport Organizations
Voluntary organizations are generally perceived as important arenas in which social integration can be fostered. There is, however, no consensus on the meaning of such integration, and the empirical evidence for the claim is lacking. This article studies social integration within voluntary sport organizations, which make up a significant element of civil society in most Western societies. The article provides a theoretical framework well suited f…
Sports in Civil Society: Networks, Social Capital and Influence
Sports represent the largest category of voluntary organizations in many European countries. This article addresses questions concerning the position, centrality and influence of sports organizations as one specific part of civil society, and is based on an approach providing information on networks between categories of organizations. These networks consist of overlapping affiliations to organizations which are then interpreted as structures mak…
Social networks and gender in organized youth sports
Sports are social, and the sociability of sports (e.g. individual experiences, group cohesion or generalised social trust) and its consequences (e.g. enjoyment, inclusion, or social capital) depends on the social networks in sports teams. In this study we investigate various types of social networks in sports—strong and weak—for boys and girls. We look at the number of social relations in each team (average degree), how centralised and hierarchic…
The fine art of coaching: Instructions, Social Support or Democratic Participation
Although coaches are of extreme importance for how the many visions associated with sports are fulfilled, we know little about who coaches are and how they practise coaching. This paper responds to this challenge by answering two sets of questions empirically. First: Who are the coaches? Which athletes have which coaches? Second: How do coaches coach? How do we explain differences in coaching practices? Theoretically, the paper is based on a fram…
Populist political right opinions and political trust among Norwegian youth
Recent decades have seen the growth of various strands of right-wing populist political orientations, where populism and critique of immigration policies have been central. These ideological developments have caused concern for the legitimacy of social and political institutions. The question explored in this paper, based on Norwegian survey data, is ‘Which types of right political orientations exist among young people, and how do these political…
Physical exercise and social inequality in Norway – A comparison of OLS and quantile regression analysis
About two thirds of the Norwegian population exercise less than recommended by public authorities. Traditional studies of exercise and social inequality using OLS-regression give us information on the average person (conditioned mean value of a distribution), but might ignore information useful for understanding the situation for those, as in the Norwegian case, less physically active. In this article quantile regression – addressing units at var…
Why sports? Sketching a typology of young people’s reasons for taking part in sports
We sketch a typology of sport participation reasons grounded in data from 2581 short-answers from youths in organized sports. We develop the typology abductively against theories from philosophy, sociology, and psychology to better capture the full scale of possible participation reasons in organized youth sport. Key empirical findings are, first, that in addition to having fun and being with friends, youths participate to expand their social net…
Volunteer satisfaction in sports clubs: A multilevel analysis in 10 European countries
Regular voluntary engagement is a basic resource for sports clubs that may also promote social cohesion and active citizenship. The satisfaction of volunteers is an imperative factor in this engagement, and the purpose of this article is to explore individual and organizational determinants of volunteer satisfaction in sports clubs. Theoretically, our study builds on the actor-theory concepts where volunteer satisfaction depends on subjective eva…
Political environmentalism: Glass interests, modern values or postmodern feelings
Political environmentalism has conventionally been understood as representing class interests or modern left‐libertarian values. However, there have also been attempts to see environmentalism as a political expression typical of postmodern society. This article takes the ‘cleavage’ concept as its theoretical starting point and goes on to suggest what postmodernism and environmentalism should be taken to mean within such a political sociological f…
More than sports? A study of Norwegians’ opinions on sports’ social and political responsibilities
Sports are criticised for their lack of social and political responsibility. In this study, I ask people about the extent to which they think it is important that sports should be sociopolitically responsible regarding ten issues: health, social communities, gender, racism, integration of minorities, sexual orientation, social inequality, disabilities, doping, and the environment. Next, I investigate how people's opinions vary according to their …
Framing of environmental issues in voluntary sport organizations
This explorative study draws on content analysis of the environmental policy documents of voluntary sport organizations in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. We develop a typology of ways in which sport organizations frame environmental problems and find four ideal typical frames: (1) a general non-committal frame; (2) a sport-specific technical frame; (3) a growth-oriented opportunity frame; and (4) a crisis frame viewing environmental issues as an exi…
Parental satisfaction with inclusion in physical education
Knowledge is scarce on parental satisfaction with the inclusion of children with disabilities in physical education (PE). This study explored how parents’ satisfaction with inclusion in PE was associated with parental and child interpersonal and intrapersonal characteristics. Seventy-two parents of children with disabilities participated in the survey-based study. The results of the ordinary least square regression (OLS) and quantile regression (…
The World According to Voluntary Sport Organizations: Voluntarism, Economy and Facilities
Current social shifts pose challenges for voluntary sport organizations. Various discourses present volunteering, facilities and economics as critical obstacles to the future of these organizations. In this article, I ask how voluntary sport organizations themselves see the situation. What are the most pressing obstacles to their future development? How do they actually meet these challenges in their daily life? I also see how various kinds of sp…
Political environmentalism: Glass interests, modern values or postmodern feelings
Political environmentalism has conventionally been understood as representing class interests or modern left‐libertarian values. However, there have also been attempts to see environmentalism as a political expression typical of postmodern society. This article takes the ‘cleavage’ concept as its theoretical starting point and goes on to suggest what postmodernism and environmentalism should be taken to mean within such a political sociological f…
Environmentalism, democracy and political opportunity structures: The case of Norwegian environmental movements
Although the relationship between democracy and environment has been a much discussed topic, there are few empirical analyses in the field. This article studies how environmentalists as members of environmental organisations contribute to the in‐put side of the political process according to democratic standards: the breadth, depth and range of their participation in the political process. The results show that environmentalists' participation in…
Volunteers and Professionals in Norwegian Sport Organizations
The mass media, politicians, and social scientists assert that there are increasing problems in recruiting volunteers to voluntary organizations. This paper investigates the situation with respect to voluntary sport organizations in a Norwegian context. The situation for voluntary and paid work is described and discussed with respect to different kinds of sport organizations. The empirical results show that voluntary work still is the foundation …
Sosiale bevegelser: Innføring, oversikt, utfordringer
The World According to Voluntary Sport Organizations: Voluntarism, Economy and Facilities
Current social shifts pose challenges for voluntary sport organizations. Various discourses present volunteering, facilities and economics as critical obstacles to the future of these organizations. In this article, I ask how voluntary sport organizations themselves see the situation. What are the most pressing obstacles to their future development? How do they actually meet these challenges in their daily life? I also see how various kinds of sp…
Sport, civil society and social integration: The case of Norwegian voluntary sport organizations
Voluntary sport organizations make up the largest part of voluntary sector in many countries. Yet, in light of the renewed social and political interest in civil society, we do not know very much about how sport organizations operate and function. Accordingly, this article addresses the question of how voluntary sport organizations contribute to social integration through differences in community structures. First a theoretical framework making i…
Sport and Social Capital
Even though voluntary sport organizations make up the largest part of the voluntary sector in many western countries, few studies have been carried out focusing on sport as part of civil society. Against this background, the aim of the article is to study how voluntary sport organizations operate and what social and political effects they might have through the concept of social capital. The theoretical part of the article identifies the most use…
Bokessay
Sports in Civil Society: Networks, Social Capital and Influence
Sports represent the largest category of voluntary organizations in many European countries. This article addresses questions concerning the position, centrality and influence of sports organizations as one specific part of civil society, and is based on an approach providing information on networks between categories of organizations. These networks consist of overlapping affiliations to organizations which are then interpreted as structures mak…
The fine art of coaching: Instructions, Social Support or Democratic Participation
Although coaches are of extreme importance for how the many visions associated with sports are fulfilled, we know little about who coaches are and how they practise coaching. This paper responds to this challenge by answering two sets of questions empirically. First: Who are the coaches? Which athletes have which coaches? Second: How do coaches coach? How do we explain differences in coaching practices? Theoretically, the paper is based on a fram…
Does Membership in Civil Society Organizations Foster Social Integration? The Case of Danish Voluntary Sport Organizations
Voluntary organizations are generally perceived as important arenas in which social integration can be fostered. There is, however, no consensus on the meaning of such integration, and the empirical evidence for the claim is lacking. This article studies social integration within voluntary sport organizations, which make up a significant element of civil society in most Western societies. The article provides a theoretical framework well suited f…
Physical exercise and social inequality in Norway – A comparison of OLS and quantile regression analysis
About two thirds of the Norwegian population exercise less than recommended by public authorities. Traditional studies of exercise and social inequality using OLS-regression give us information on the average person (conditioned mean value of a distribution), but might ignore information useful for understanding the situation for those, as in the Norwegian case, less physically active. In this article quantile regression – addressing units at var…
Attacking beautifully or defending efficiently? A sociological analysis of the prevalence and effect of football strategies
Football ideology is built upon an antagonism between offensive and defensive and effective and beautiful football: attack beautifully and lose, or, defend efficiently and win! In this article, I address the validity of this hegemonic understanding and investigate the extent to which (i) modern football actually practises one or the other – scoring goals or avoids conceding – and (ii) how the two strategies actually pay off. The case is 65 years …
Populist political right opinions and political trust among Norwegian youth
Recent decades have seen the growth of various strands of right-wing populist political orientations, where populism and critique of immigration policies have been central. These ideological developments have caused concern for the legitimacy of social and political institutions. The question explored in this paper, based on Norwegian survey data, is ‘Which types of right political orientations exist among young people, and how do these political…
Sports and Nationalism in a Globalized World
The topic of this article is sport nationalism. Using survey data from 25 countries, the study shows generally high levels of sport nationalism. The results indicate, however, that Western Europe has a lower level of sport nationalism while some less developed countries and Eastern Europe have higher levels. Furthermore, this research looks at how sport nationalism depends on individual and national characteristics. At the individual level, age, …
Topics and trends: 30 Years of Sociology of Sport
What is and was the sociology of sports all about? Through the method of topic modelling, I will investigate the content of all articles (full text, N = 1923) from what has historically been the three leading sociology of sport journals – Sociology of Sport Journal, International Review for the Sociology of Sport and Journal of Sport and Social Issues – from 1984 to 2014. The study extracts 20 dominant topics: from the vague but central topic of …
Parental satisfaction with inclusion in physical education
Knowledge is scarce on parental satisfaction with the inclusion of children with disabilities in physical education (PE). This study explored how parents’ satisfaction with inclusion in PE was associated with parental and child interpersonal and intrapersonal characteristics. Seventy-two parents of children with disabilities participated in the survey-based study. The results of the ordinary least square regression (OLS) and quantile regression (…
Democratic Participation in Voluntary Associations: A Multilevel Analysis of Sports Clubs in Europe
Non-profit associations are usually democratically organized, and this feature plays a legitimizing role for the public support to associations. This article examines which characteristics at country level, organizational level and individual level can explain variations with regard to member engagement in the association democracy in sports clubs in Europe. The statistical analyses use data on 12,755 members from 642 sports clubs in ten European…
Social integration in sports clubs: Individual and organisational factors in a European context
Sports clubs are often perceived as important mediums for social integration, but the empirical evidence to support this claim is limited. This article sets out to identify individual and organisational characteristics that are conducive to social integration of members and volunteers. Drawing on survey data from 13,000 members and volunteers in ten European countries, an exploratory factor analysis identified three dimensions of social integrati…
Social networks and gender in organized youth sports
Sports are social, and the sociability of sports (e.g. individual experiences, group cohesion or generalised social trust) and its consequences (e.g. enjoyment, inclusion, or social capital) depends on the social networks in sports teams. In this study we investigate various types of social networks in sports—strong and weak—for boys and girls. We look at the number of social relations in each team (average degree), how centralised and hierarchic…
Volunteer satisfaction in sports clubs: A multilevel analysis in 10 European countries
Regular voluntary engagement is a basic resource for sports clubs that may also promote social cohesion and active citizenship. The satisfaction of volunteers is an imperative factor in this engagement, and the purpose of this article is to explore individual and organizational determinants of volunteer satisfaction in sports clubs. Theoretically, our study builds on the actor-theory concepts where volunteer satisfaction depends on subjective eva…
Friends in Sports: Social Networks in Leisure, School and Social Media
Young athletes value their social relations in sports, and these social relations can have consequences when it comes to joining, continuing, and quitting sports. Yet the important question of how social relations in sports develop has not yet been adequately answered. Hence, we investigated how athletes' social relations in sports depend on social relations outside of sports: in leisure, school, and social media. A total of 387 athletes (aged 16…
Dropout and social inequality: Young people’s reasons for leaving organized sports
Few quantitative studies have looked at how reasons for quitting organized sports vary according to social backgrounds. The present paper addresses this gap by investigating how youths’ perceptions of six reasons for dropping out of organized youth sports vary according to three types of social inequality: socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and gender. We utilize data from the 2015 Young in Oslo survey, where organized youth sport dropouts in grade…
Framing of environmental issues in voluntary sport organizations
This explorative study draws on content analysis of the environmental policy documents of voluntary sport organizations in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. We develop a typology of ways in which sport organizations frame environmental problems and find four ideal typical frames: (1) a general non-committal frame; (2) a sport-specific technical frame; (3) a growth-oriented opportunity frame; and (4) a crisis frame viewing environmental issues as an exi…
More than sports? A study of Norwegians’ opinions on sports’ social and political responsibilities
Sports are criticised for their lack of social and political responsibility. In this study, I ask people about the extent to which they think it is important that sports should be sociopolitically responsible regarding ten issues: health, social communities, gender, racism, integration of minorities, sexual orientation, social inequality, disabilities, doping, and the environment. Next, I investigate how people's opinions vary according to their …
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