Sport and Social Capital

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ID7076515
AuthorsPiergiorgio Degli Esposti (0000-0001-8930-0859, University of Bologna), Giulia Antonellini (University of Bologna)
Year2019
Pages1-3
Publication date2019-11-19
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss236.pub2
OpenAlexW3158564936
ISBN9781405165518
LanguageEN
References cited13

Social relations – as social capital – work by providing and facilitating information for the individuals involved. In the context of voluntary organizations, this could imply that members acquire more knowledge and develop stronger commitments to social and political issues. At a very general level, this simply means that those active in any voluntary organization are richer in social capital than those outside. Sports correspond with social capital not only as a form of self‐confidence but also as a form of respect for rules and for the other. Sport belongs to everyone and it becomes the mirror of social facts. It has a key role in the building of social capital because we live in an era absorbed by the image we have or see depicted of the world around us. It has been defined by Stuart Hall as the “culture circuit.” In this sense, social culture is understood more as a set of practices in which people are participants and which give a meaning to objects and events

Art · Capital (architecture · Context (archaeology · Economic capital · Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Human capital · Individual capital · Meaning (existential · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Set (abstract data type · Social capital · Social mobility · Social position · Social relation · Social reproduction · Social science · Social status · Sociology · Visual arts · History · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts

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