Sociology of Sport in Austria

Norden, Gilbert; Weiss, Otto

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“…This less centralized sport organization in Austria and the resulting Austrian sport culture find their roots in history. At the beginning of the 19th century and onwards, sport policies rarely existed in Austria due to an economic lag and the authority of the Roman Catholic church (Norden & Weiss, 1992). In the 1930s, sport was used as an 'instrument of policy by National Socialism', which intensified the prejudice against sport on the part of Austrian society (Norden & Weiss, 1992).…”

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“…At the beginning of the 19th century and onwards, sport policies rarely existed in Austria due to an economic lag and the authority of the Roman Catholic church (Norden & Weiss, 1992). In the 1930s, sport was used as an 'instrument of policy by National Socialism', which intensified the prejudice against sport on the part of Austrian society (Norden & Weiss, 1992). Thus, one could argue that, partly influenced by the government, Austrians have developed a more autonomous culture compared with the French.…”

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Fostering unorganized sport to sustain adolescent participation: empirical evidence from two European countries

Rindler

Luiggi

Griffet

2021

Sport, Education and Society

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Sport participation in adolescence helps to reach the recommended levels of physical activity and predicts participation during adulthood. Few cross-cultural studies compare contexts of sport participation and their relation with sport participation rates. In Europe, Austria and France are two countries that differ in their economic situation and sport policy structure. The main objective of this study was to compare sport participation rates and sport contexts (unorganized/organized sport) in Austria and France, by sex and SES.Two data collections were conducted during spring 2015 in Austria and France among high-school students. Logistic regressions were used to compare the sport participation rates of Austrian and French students by sex, SES and context of participation. The Austrian adolescents had higher sport participation rates than the French adolescents but were less likely to participate in organized sport compared with the French (OR= 0.64, 95% CI= 0.52-0.78). The Austrian students were more likely to participate in unorganized sport (OR= 3.46,. The large participation difference between the two countries was also caused by the higher unorganized sport practice of low-SES Austrian adolescents, especially by low-SES girls. This indicates that, next to organized sport, unorganized practice can help to enhance adolescent participation and to balance existing social and gender inequalities.

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