Sport and Social Entrepreneurship in Sweden

Analyzes the development of social entrepreneurship within Swedish sport Offers a broad overview of the political and social elements of sports in Sweden Introduces a methodological tool for analyzing social entrepreneurship in a sport policy context

Autorentext

Tomas Peterson is Senior Professor at Malmö University, Sweden, and Professor II at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. His research areas include sport and social entrepreneurship, the professionalization of Swedish football, and sport politics.

Katarina Schenker is Senior Lecturer in Sport Sciences at Linnaeus University, Sweden. Her research interests concern the inclusion and exclusion of children and youth in physical education and health, and in the state-funded Swedish sports movement.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Sweden - The Societal Setting.- 3. Social Entrepreneurship in an International Contex.- 4. A Definition of Sport and Social Entrepreneurship.- 5. The Cases.- 6. Social Entrepreneurship, Sport and Democracy Development.- 7. Ethics in Researching Sport and Social Entrepreneurship.- 8. A Methodological Tool for Researching Sport and Social Entrepreneurship.