Jeroen Scheerder
Biographic Data
| ID | 4151486 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeroen Scheerder |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeroen |
| FAMILY NAME | Scheerder |
| SIGNATURE | SCHEERDER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7430-0861 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 232 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 42 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
From league champion to community champion
Sport clubs traditionally focus on essential tasks such as organising local competitions, facilitating youth sport, and managing their volunteers. This primary focus can sometimes make it challenging to prioritise additional social initiatives such as developing more inclusive sports programs for disadvantaged communities. Despite the inherent difficulties, expanding the scope of sport clubs to embrace social inclusivity can significantly enhance…
Funktionen von Sportvereinen in europäischen Gesellschaften
In diesem Buch werden gesellschaftliche Funktionen von Sportvereinen, wie soziale Inklusion, demokratische Teilhabe u.ä. vergleichend näher beleuchtet.
Football for development, an arena for imperial hierarchies? Racism, the ‘white colonial frame’, and junior football in Belgium
sponsorship: This research was partially supported by the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA), Association des Clubs Francophones de Football (ACFF), and Voetbal Vlaanderen (VV). We are thankful to Joris Corthouts and Ellen Huyge who contributed to the study design and data-collection. (This research was partially supported by the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA), Association des Clubs Francophones de Football (ACFF), and Voetbal V…
The elite breakaway sustains its lead on the peloton
status: Published
A longitudinal analysis of organisational capacity determinants of the perceived need for change, adoption of ‘light’ sports initiatives and organisational growth in voluntary sports clubs
Considering wider societal developments that reflect a demand for personalised services, this study aims to uncover the relationship between the perceived need for change by voluntary sports clubs (VSCs), their adoption of innovative services to promote flexibility of sports participation (also referred to as ‘light’ sports initiatives) and their organisational growth (in terms of membership evolution). Simultaneously, the impact of key organisat…
Two of a Kind? Similarities and Differences between Runners and Walkers in Sociodemographic Characteristics, Sports Related Characteristics and Wearable Usage
As the two prime examples of sport light, running and walking have become very popular sports activities in the past decades. There are references in the literature of similarities between both sports, however these parallels have never been studied. In addition, the current digitalisation of society can have important influences on the further diversification of profiles. Data of a large-scale population survey among runners and walkers ( n = 49…
Stuck between medals and participation
The results of our study indicated that the Sport-for-All projects of performance-oriented federations are often more superficial compared to Sport-for-All oriented federations, and that the latter federations play an important role in attaining public health targets. Moreover, policymakers should consider how they can optimize the role of the performance-oriented federations in the Sport-for-All delivery (e.g., they could function as a bridge to…
Sports participation during a lockdown. How Covid-19 changed the sports frequency and motivation of participants in club, event, and online sports
The impact of the COVID-19 crisis and its related measures on how people practice and experience leisure continues to be significant. In the current study, a survey measuring sport participation during the third week of the first lockdown, that started on the 18th of March 2020 and has been gradually loosened as of the 18th of April 2020, was carried out among 13,515 Flemish citizens. Through a canonical correlation analysis, four clusters of COV…
Just keep on swimming
This study investigates the relation between swimming infrastructure and participation in Flanders. First, we investigate whether the availability of swimming facilities is related to higher swimming participation and/or frequency. Second, the focus is on the relationship with quality aspects of swimming pools. A number of datasets are combined, namely two large-scale sports participation surveys (children N = 2,920; adults N =3,781), a sports in…
Sport policy practice and outcome
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Understanding Different Types of Recreational Runners and How They Use Running-Related Technology
This study aims to help professionals in the field of running and running-related technology (i.e., sports watches and smartphone applications) to address the needs of runners. It investigates the various runner types-in terms of their attitudes, interests, and opinions (AIOs) with regard to running-and studies how they differ in the technology they use. Data used in this study were drawn from the standardized online Eindhoven Running Survey 2016…
Exercising in Times of Lockdown
Countries all over the world implemented lockdowns to counteract COVID-19. These lockdowns heavily limited people's exercise possibilities. At the same time, experts advocated to remain physically active to prevent future health problems. Based on an online survey, this study examines adults' exercise levels and patterns during the COVID-19 lockdown in Belgium. Ordinal logistic regression analyses of 13,515 valid and population-weighted responses…
Volunteer satisfaction in sports clubs
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…
Does Social Capital Benefit Older Adults’ Health and Well-Being? The Mediating Role of Physical Activity
Objectives: To assess whether social capital benefits older adults' self-rated health and well-being and whether physical activity mediates this relation. Methods: A survey study was conducted among members of a sociocultural organization (age ≥55 years), both cross-sectionally (baseline Time 1; N = 959) and longitudinally (3-year follow-up Time 2; N = 409). Results: Specific indicators of social capital were positively, though modestly, related …
Social inclusion in sports clubs across Europe
Based on the multi-dimensional framework of Damanpour and Schneider [2006. “Phases of the Adoption of Innovation in Organizations: Effects of Environment, Organization and Top Managers 1.” British Journal of Management 17 (3): 215–236], the purpose of this study is to identify the managerial, organizational and environmental determinants of social innovation, depicted in terms of the amount of special initiatives initiated for specific target gro…
Democratic Participation in Voluntary Associations
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…
Involvement in non-club organized sport
© 2018, © 2018 European Association for Sociology of Sport. In this paper, patterns of participation in non-club organized sport over the life course of individuals are studied in order to enhance the understanding of their involvement in sport. The main research question of this investigation is to examine the correlation between prior sport experiences and current patterns of sport participation amongst middle-aged adults. The study is executed…
Can we consider changes in sports participation as institutional change? A conceptual framework
The aim of this paper is to gain conceptual understanding of changes in leisure-time sports participation (LTSP) as an issue of institutional change. The study is elaborated in the LTSP research context of Flanders (Belgium) and Denmark. Data originate from the Flemish Household Study on Sports Participation (1969, 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009), Danish National Surveys on Sports Participation (1964, 1975, 1993, 1998, 2007, 2011) and the Flemish Partici…
Sport Policy Systems and Sport Federations
This book explores the organisation and structure of sport in and beyond Europe. Drawing upon up-to-date data, the collection's main focus lies on the relationship between public sport policy structur
There are Alternatives, but Your Social Life is Curtailed
Exploring strategies to improve the health promotion orientation of Flemish sports clubs
Sports clubs are increasingly recognized as an innovative setting for health promotion, as exemplified by the health promoting sports club concept. This study aims to assess the health promotion orientation of both youth sports clubs (YSC) and adult sports clubs (ASC) in Flanders and to identify the motives and barriers as reported by their representatives as a basis for proposing intervention strategies to improve the health promotion orientatio…
Sports, Poverty and the Role of the Voluntary Sector. Exploring and Explaining Nonprofit Sports Clubs’ Efforts to Facilitate Participation of Socially Disadvantaged People
Despite several decades of Sport for All policies, opportunities for sports participation are still unequally divided, with certain socially disadvantaged groups having less access to sports. To reduce this gap, structural efforts are needed. A question that arises is what role nonprofit sports clubs can fulfill in this matter. In this study, first, it is explored how nonprofit sports clubs perceive their role and responsibility towards socially …
Special Issue EJSS 1/2016
Towards level playing fields? A time trend analysis of young people's participation in club-organised sports
Over the last 40 years, Sport for All policies - aiming at encouraging the sports participation of all citizens, regardless of age, sex, social class, ethnic origin, etc. - were implemented in a number of European countries. This study examines the extent to which a democratisation of club-organised youth sports has occurred. The data are drawn from a large repeated cross-sectional survey among high school boys and girls (aged 13-18) in Flanders,…
Sports participation styles revisited
Social changes have been influencing determinants for sports participation since the introduction of the Sport for All ideology in the early 1970s. Consistent with Crum's sportisation theory, today's modes of sports practices, as well as the network of sport services, have diversified and de-traditionalised. As part of a research tradition, this contribution aims at analysing changes in sports participation styles in kinesiology students in Belgi…
Social stratification in adults’ sports participation from a time-trend perspective Results from a 40-year household study
This paper analyses active leisure-time sports participation among adults from a time-trend perspective. Using stapled cross-sectional survey data from a representative sample of households, trends in active sport involvement in Flanders (Belgium) are studied over a period of 40 years (1969-2009). The paper explores to which extent sports participation levels have changed over the past four decades and whether or not participation differences sti…
Social Sports Stratification in Flanders 1969-1999
This article provides substantial empirical evidence that significant social differences exist in sports involvement in Flanders. A 30-year follow-up study of social stratification in sports was carried out to find out (i) if sports participation in Flanders is still socially stratified, and (ii) if social changes occurred in the status sports pyramid over the years of investigation. Based upon the educational status, the professional status and …
Social stratification patterns in adolescents’ active sports participation behaviour
The purpose of this study was to examine (a) whether adolescents’ leisure-time sports participation is socially stratified, and (b) whether possible stratification patterns have changed over the last decades. The population for the study consisted of four random samples of high school boys and girls in Flanders who were exposed to a standardized questionnaire in 1969, 1979, 1989 or 1999. The results indicated that social back ground variables rem…
Governmental subsidies and coercive pressures. Evidence from sport clubs and their resource dependencies
This contribution aims to analyse the adoption of subsidy conditions by voluntary sport clubs in relation to their dependence on government funding. Using a sociological neo-institutional approach based upon Pfeffer and Salancik's (1978) resource dependence theory and DiMaggio and Powell's (1983) concept of coercive isomorphism, this paper analyses the possible use of sport clubs by governments as instruments of sport policy. Data for these analy…
Social determinants of sports participation revisited. The role of socialization and symbolic trajectories
This paper discusses the sociological debate of detraditionalization in the case of sports participation in Flanders. Sports participation remains to a great extent predictable by means of social characteristics. Traditional position-bound stratification mechanisms, based on age and gender identities, remain important determinants of sports participation behaviour. But more intentional socialization mechanisms such as the educational level, the f…
Who's joining the club? Participation of socially vulnerable children and adolescents in club-organised sports
Sport is often considered as a promising instrument for reaching a wide array of policy objectives. Social inclusion is one of the goals frequently mentioned. Though one can argue about the feasibility of the many claims made, sport can only reasonably be expected to play a role if the targeted population is effectively taking part in sports. This is what is investigated in this study. The focus lies on the sports participation of children (prima…
Sport for All? Insight into stratification and compensation mechanisms of sporting activity in the 27 European Union member states
Physical activity is an important public health issue and the benefits of an active lifestyle in relation to well-being and health have been strongly emphasised in recent years in Europe, as well as in most parts of the world. However, previous research has shown that physical activity within Europe and its member states is stratified. The present article gains insight into: (1) the geographical stratification; and (2) the social stratification o…
Stratification Patterns of Active Sport Involvement Among Adults
This study examines leisure-time sport participation among adults according to their socio-cultural background and from a time-trend perspective. Using stapled cross-sectional survey data, sport participation trends in Flanders (Belgium) are studied for the 1979-99 period. The study explores the extent to which social inequalities in leisure-time sport still prevail. The results indicate that age, gender and social class remain the most important…
Introduction to the Special Issue on Sports participation in Europe
2011). Introduction to the Special Issue on Sports participation in Europe. European Journal for Sport and Society: Vol. 8, No. 1-2, pp. 7-13
Sports Participation Among Females From Adolescence To Adulthood
It is widely believed that active participation in sports during youth is an important prerequisite for adult involvement in sports. However, data from reliable longitudinal studies tracking patterns of sports participation from youth into adulthood are scarce. This study addresses the leisure-time sports participation of adult women, 32-41 years of age, from a lifetime sports socialization perspective. Some 20 years after they participated in 19…
Democratic Participation in Voluntary Associations
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…
Can we consider changes in sports participation as institutional change? A conceptual framework
The aim of this paper is to gain conceptual understanding of changes in leisure-time sports participation (LTSP) as an issue of institutional change. The study is elaborated in the LTSP research context of Flanders (Belgium) and Denmark. Data originate from the Flemish Household Study on Sports Participation (1969, 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009), Danish National Surveys on Sports Participation (1964, 1975, 1993, 1998, 2007, 2011) and the Flemish Partici…
There are Alternatives, but Your Social Life is Curtailed
Sports participation styles revisited
Social changes have been influencing determinants for sports participation since the introduction of the Sport for All ideology in the early 1970s. Consistent with Crum's sportisation theory, today's modes of sports practices, as well as the network of sport services, have diversified and de-traditionalised. As part of a research tradition, this contribution aims at analysing changes in sports participation styles in kinesiology students in Belgi…
Sports – idrott – esporte – deporte – sportovní The problem of equivalence of meaning in comparative sports research
For the past fifteen years, there has been an increase in the number of studies comparing countries, regions and cultures on sports-related dimensions, and sports participation in particular. Research of this kind always rests on the assumption of equivalence of meaning, that is, comparisons between countries/regions/cultures are only worthwhile when they all measure things in the same way. Unfortunately, this issue has been seriously underdevelo…
Sports, Poverty and the Role of the Voluntary Sector. Exploring and Explaining Nonprofit Sports Clubs’ Efforts to Facilitate Participation of Socially Disadvantaged People
Despite several decades of Sport for All policies, opportunities for sports participation are still unequally divided, with certain socially disadvantaged groups having less access to sports. To reduce this gap, structural efforts are needed. A question that arises is what role nonprofit sports clubs can fulfill in this matter. In this study, first, it is explored how nonprofit sports clubs perceive their role and responsibility towards socially …
Teenage girls’ participation in sports. An intergenerational analysis of socio-cultural predictor variables
The main objective of this study is to analyse which socio-cultural variables, including parental sports experiences, best predict the active sports participation patterns of teenage girls. Identical data were retrieved from three cross-sectional samples of teenage girls and their parents (N =7,276) through a written questionnaire. Results from logistic regression modelling indicate that parental sports capital and the school programme remain sig…
Towards level playing fields? A time trend analysis of young people's participation in club-organised sports
Over the last 40 years, Sport for All policies - aiming at encouraging the sports participation of all citizens, regardless of age, sex, social class, ethnic origin, etc. - were implemented in a number of European countries. This study examines the extent to which a democratisation of club-organised youth sports has occurred. The data are drawn from a large repeated cross-sectional survey among high school boys and girls (aged 13-18) in Flanders,…
Social changes in youth sports participation styles 1969–1999
Three issues are put forward with respect to the active participation of young people in leisure-time sports styles. It is considered (a) whether sports participation styles can be detected over the last three decades, (b) whether they have changed in this period of time, and (c) whether traditional parameters understood as structuring and positioning young people's lifestyles are still relevant with respect to their sports participation preferen…
Sport policy practice and outcome
n Contains fulltext :\n 236044.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)\n
Does Social Capital Benefit Older Adults’ Health and Well-Being? The Mediating Role of Physical Activity
Objectives: To assess whether social capital benefits older adults' self-rated health and well-being and whether physical activity mediates this relation. Methods: A survey study was conducted among members of a sociocultural organization (age ≥55 years), both cross-sectionally (baseline Time 1; N = 959) and longitudinally (3-year follow-up Time 2; N = 409). Results: Specific indicators of social capital were positively, though modestly, related …
Social inclusion in sports clubs across Europe
Based on the multi-dimensional framework of Damanpour and Schneider [2006. “Phases of the Adoption of Innovation in Organizations: Effects of Environment, Organization and Top Managers 1.” British Journal of Management 17 (3): 215–236], the purpose of this study is to identify the managerial, organizational and environmental determinants of social innovation, depicted in terms of the amount of special initiatives initiated for specific target gro…
Maintaining physical activity post-event? Case of the Tour of Flanders Cyclo in Belgium
Social ecological theory describes how physical activity participation is influenced by various systems and targets. This study conceptualizes the organization of a participatory sport event as one such target and seeks to understand what other elements of the individual and community systems are important for event participants to be physically active. The case of the Tour of Flanders Cyclo, Belgium's most popular participatory cycling event, is…
Fact or fiction? An empirical analysis of cooperation between mass sport providers at the local level
This paper explores inter-organisational relationships, in terms of cooperation, between three main types of sport providers at the local level: voluntary sport clubs, for-profit fitness and health clubs, and local sports authorities. Both withinand cross-sector cooperation are analysed and related to organisational characteristics as well as the perceived competition from other sport providers. Data are obtained from three quantitative panel sur…
Football for development, an arena for imperial hierarchies? Racism, the ‘white colonial frame’, and junior football in Belgium
sponsorship: This research was partially supported by the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA), Association des Clubs Francophones de Football (ACFF), and Voetbal Vlaanderen (VV). We are thankful to Joris Corthouts and Ellen Huyge who contributed to the study design and data-collection. (This research was partially supported by the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA), Association des Clubs Francophones de Football (ACFF), and Voetbal V…
Industrial Relations in Africa
Self-Management in Yugoslavia and the Developing World
Social Sports Stratification in Flanders 1969-1999
This article provides substantial empirical evidence that significant social differences exist in sports involvement in Flanders. A 30-year follow-up study of social stratification in sports was carried out to find out (i) if sports participation in Flanders is still socially stratified, and (ii) if social changes occurred in the status sports pyramid over the years of investigation. Based upon the educational status, the professional status and …
Social determinants of sports participation revisited. The role of socialization and symbolic trajectories
This paper discusses the sociological debate of detraditionalization in the case of sports participation in Flanders. Sports participation remains to a great extent predictable by means of social characteristics. Traditional position-bound stratification mechanisms, based on age and gender identities, remain important determinants of sports participation behaviour. But more intentional socialization mechanisms such as the educational level, the f…
Social changes in youth sports participation styles 1969–1999
Three issues are put forward with respect to the active participation of young people in leisure-time sports styles. It is considered (a) whether sports participation styles can be detected over the last three decades, (b) whether they have changed in this period of time, and (c) whether traditional parameters understood as structuring and positioning young people's lifestyles are still relevant with respect to their sports participation preferen…
Social stratification patterns in adolescents’ active sports participation behaviour
The purpose of this study was to examine (a) whether adolescents’ leisure-time sports participation is socially stratified, and (b) whether possible stratification patterns have changed over the last decades. The population for the study consisted of four random samples of high school boys and girls in Flanders who were exposed to a standardized questionnaire in 1969, 1979, 1989 or 1999. The results indicated that social back ground variables rem…
Stratification Patterns of Active Sport Involvement Among Adults
This study examines leisure-time sport participation among adults according to their socio-cultural background and from a time-trend perspective. Using stapled cross-sectional survey data, sport participation trends in Flanders (Belgium) are studied for the 1979-99 period. The study explores the extent to which social inequalities in leisure-time sport still prevail. The results indicate that age, gender and social class remain the most important…
Sports Participation Among Females From Adolescence To Adulthood
It is widely believed that active participation in sports during youth is an important prerequisite for adult involvement in sports. However, data from reliable longitudinal studies tracking patterns of sports participation from youth into adulthood are scarce. This study addresses the leisure-time sports participation of adult women, 32-41 years of age, from a lifetime sports socialization perspective. Some 20 years after they participated in 19…
Teenage girls’ participation in sports. An intergenerational analysis of socio-cultural predictor variables
The main objective of this study is to analyse which socio-cultural variables, including parental sports experiences, best predict the active sports participation patterns of teenage girls. Identical data were retrieved from three cross-sectional samples of teenage girls and their parents (N =7,276) through a written questionnaire. Results from logistic regression modelling indicate that parental sports capital and the school programme remain sig…
Sport for All? Insight into stratification and compensation mechanisms of sporting activity in the 27 European Union member states
Physical activity is an important public health issue and the benefits of an active lifestyle in relation to well-being and health have been strongly emphasised in recent years in Europe, as well as in most parts of the world. However, previous research has shown that physical activity within Europe and its member states is stratified. The present article gains insight into: (1) the geographical stratification; and (2) the social stratification o…
Undeclared Work in Non-Profit Sports Clubs
Non-market economy including volunteer work is often ignored in estimations of the shadow economy because no money changes hands. Whilst volunteers stricto sensu are not paid for their activities, a tendency is noted that legal frameworks do allow for reimbursement for actual expenses incurred. However, if the latter receive reimbursements beyond the scope of regulations and labour law this can also be regarded as undeclared work. In this article…
Introduction to the Special Issue on Sports participation in Europe
2011). Introduction to the Special Issue on Sports participation in Europe. European Journal for Sport and Society: Vol. 8, No. 1-2, pp. 7-13
Sports – idrott – esporte – deporte – sportovní The problem of equivalence of meaning in comparative sports research
For the past fifteen years, there has been an increase in the number of studies comparing countries, regions and cultures on sports-related dimensions, and sports participation in particular. Research of this kind always rests on the assumption of equivalence of meaning, that is, comparisons between countries/regions/cultures are only worthwhile when they all measure things in the same way. Unfortunately, this issue has been seriously underdevelo…
Social stratification in adults’ sports participation from a time-trend perspective Results from a 40-year household study
This paper analyses active leisure-time sports participation among adults from a time-trend perspective. Using stapled cross-sectional survey data from a representative sample of households, trends in active sport involvement in Flanders (Belgium) are studied over a period of 40 years (1969-2009). The paper explores to which extent sports participation levels have changed over the past four decades and whether or not participation differences sti…
Governmental subsidies and coercive pressures. Evidence from sport clubs and their resource dependencies
This contribution aims to analyse the adoption of subsidy conditions by voluntary sport clubs in relation to their dependence on government funding. Using a sociological neo-institutional approach based upon Pfeffer and Salancik's (1978) resource dependence theory and DiMaggio and Powell's (1983) concept of coercive isomorphism, this paper analyses the possible use of sport clubs by governments as instruments of sport policy. Data for these analy…
Who's joining the club? Participation of socially vulnerable children and adolescents in club-organised sports
Sport is often considered as a promising instrument for reaching a wide array of policy objectives. Social inclusion is one of the goals frequently mentioned. Though one can argue about the feasibility of the many claims made, sport can only reasonably be expected to play a role if the targeted population is effectively taking part in sports. This is what is investigated in this study. The focus lies on the sports participation of children (prima…
The diffusion of world sports events between 1891 and 2010
This study addresses the geographical diffusion of modern sports mega-events (SMEs) over the past century from the perspective of globalisation. A representative sample of SMEs organised between 1891 and 2010 (n=927) was selected on five inclusion criteria. In order to process and visualise the global diffusion of the observed events, six macro-geographical regions were distinguished. A more detailed view on the global diffusion of SMEs over time…
Maintaining physical activity post-event? Case of the Tour of Flanders Cyclo in Belgium
Social ecological theory describes how physical activity participation is influenced by various systems and targets. This study conceptualizes the organization of a participatory sport event as one such target and seeks to understand what other elements of the individual and community systems are important for event participants to be physically active. The case of the Tour of Flanders Cyclo, Belgium's most popular participatory cycling event, is…
Fact or fiction? An empirical analysis of cooperation between mass sport providers at the local level
This paper explores inter-organisational relationships, in terms of cooperation, between three main types of sport providers at the local level: voluntary sport clubs, for-profit fitness and health clubs, and local sports authorities. Both withinand cross-sector cooperation are analysed and related to organisational characteristics as well as the perceived competition from other sport providers. Data are obtained from three quantitative panel sur…
Sports participation styles revisited
Social changes have been influencing determinants for sports participation since the introduction of the Sport for All ideology in the early 1970s. Consistent with Crum's sportisation theory, today's modes of sports practices, as well as the network of sport services, have diversified and de-traditionalised. As part of a research tradition, this contribution aims at analysing changes in sports participation styles in kinesiology students in Belgi…
Exploring strategies to improve the health promotion orientation of Flemish sports clubs
Sports clubs are increasingly recognized as an innovative setting for health promotion, as exemplified by the health promoting sports club concept. This study aims to assess the health promotion orientation of both youth sports clubs (YSC) and adult sports clubs (ASC) in Flanders and to identify the motives and barriers as reported by their representatives as a basis for proposing intervention strategies to improve the health promotion orientatio…
Sports, Poverty and the Role of the Voluntary Sector. Exploring and Explaining Nonprofit Sports Clubs’ Efforts to Facilitate Participation of Socially Disadvantaged People
Despite several decades of Sport for All policies, opportunities for sports participation are still unequally divided, with certain socially disadvantaged groups having less access to sports. To reduce this gap, structural efforts are needed. A question that arises is what role nonprofit sports clubs can fulfill in this matter. In this study, first, it is explored how nonprofit sports clubs perceive their role and responsibility towards socially …
Special Issue EJSS 1/2016
Towards level playing fields? A time trend analysis of young people's participation in club-organised sports
Over the last 40 years, Sport for All policies - aiming at encouraging the sports participation of all citizens, regardless of age, sex, social class, ethnic origin, etc. - were implemented in a number of European countries. This study examines the extent to which a democratisation of club-organised youth sports has occurred. The data are drawn from a large repeated cross-sectional survey among high school boys and girls (aged 13-18) in Flanders,…
Sport Policy Systems and Sport Federations
This book explores the organisation and structure of sport in and beyond Europe. Drawing upon up-to-date data, the collection's main focus lies on the relationship between public sport policy structur
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