Sport and social cohesion within European policy: a critical discourse analysis

Moustakas, Louis

doi:10.1080/16138171.2021.2001173

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“…In a similar vein, the OECD defines a cohesive society as one that "works towards the well-being of all its members, fights exclusion and marginalisation, creates a sense of belonging, promotes trust, and offers its members the opportunity of upward mobility" [26]. Numerous governments, including Australia, the European Union, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, have likewise put forth policy definitions and programmes concerning social cohesion [2,[39][40][41]. Relating to the definitional debates above, these documents illustrate how policymakers tend to take a larger view of social cohesion and actively include elements related to quality of life and inequality within their frameworks.…”

Section: Social Cohesion Within Policy and Politicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More broadly, the conceptualisation and implementation of social cohesion policies have often been criticised for framing diversity or heterogeneity as a problem that is to be resolved by imposing shared values on groups that are believed to not share the values in question [35]. For instance, this is partially reflected in the numerous European policy documents that underline the need to "promote European values" [40]. Critics note that such views position diversity as a threat and are part of a pattern that places the responsibility for greater social cohesion on discriminated or marginalised groups already facing various forms of social insecurity [39,49].…”

Section: Social Cohesion Within Policy and Politicsmentioning

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Social Cohesion: Definitions, Causes and Consequences

Moustakas

2023

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Viewed as the glue that binds societies, social cohesion is considered an essential ingredient to address common societal challenges. Definitions and associated conceptual frameworks usually summarise social cohesion as collective attributes and behaviours characterised by positive social relations, a sense of identification or belonging, and an orientation towards the common good. However, there are a large variety of definitions, and disagreement exists about what constitutes the core components, causes and consequences of social cohesion.

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Section: Social Cohesion Within Policy and Politicsmentioning

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Section: Social Cohesion Within Policy and Politicsmentioning

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Social Cohesion: Definitions, Causes and Consequences

Moustakas

2023

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“…Namely, these include a sense of identity or belonging, social relations and an orientation towards the common good (Chan, To, & Chan, 2006;Schiefer & van der Noll, 2017). Likewise, social cohesion has emerged as a crucial organising concept within sport programmes (Svensson & Woods, 2017), literature (Schulenkorf et al, 2016), and policy (Moustakas, 2021), and similarly coalesces around ideas of belonging, relations and common good. Yet, for the purposes of this paper, a more rigorous understanding of the term and its (sub)dimensions is required.…”

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Sport for Social Cohesion: A Conceptual Framework Linking Common Practice and Theory

Moustakas¹

2023

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The development of theories in sport for development has increased over the last decade, with numerous general theories or frameworks being put forth by scholars. Nonetheless, theories exploring connections to specific outcomes are lacking, and this gap is especially striking regarding the vaunted connections between sport and social cohesion. Sport has been prominently positioned as a vehicle to promote social cohesion, yet the connections between sport and social cohesion have not been explored in a robust fashion. Literature and programmes have been criticised for failing to define social cohesion, and there remains a lack of knowledge concerning practices, activities, and mechanisms within programmes. As such, we neither have a clear picture of the goals being addressed nor the mechanisms supporting those goals. The following paper seeks to address these gaps by presenting a conceptual framework connecting common practices within programmes with existing theories and specific social cohesion outcomes. To do so, findings from extensive previous work in Europe are contextualised against existing theories. In turn, this generates a better understanding of the mechanisms in sport for social cohesion, provides guidance to implementers, and identifies areas for future development.

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“…Some recent Research 9,20,21 highlighted consumers' role in CSV, as they are stakeholders for whom organizations should take responsibility, 18,22 and the premise of CSV is to sustain competitiveness by generating economic benefit and simultaneously fulfilling unmet societal needs. 15 However, the extant research addressing the effect of CSV on consumers tended to focus on enhancing corporate reputations.…”

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From Participation to Consumption: The Role of Self-Concept in Creating Shared Values Among Sport Consumers

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Wu²

2023

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The contribution of sport organizations to solving social issues has been acknowledged. However, little is known about how sport organizations can turn social issues into business opportunities as a means of creating shared value (CSV). Building on selfconcept theory, a framework was established to examine how sport organizations can promote sport participation and simultaneously drive sport consumption-as a means of CSV-by enhancing consumers' sport self-concept. Methods: A total of 311 participants recruited from a CSV program delivered by a sport organization completed a time-lagged survey. Structural equation modeling was performed with Mplus 8.3 to test the framework. Results:The results revealed that consumers' sport self-concept was enhanced by their perceptions of sincere interest from employees of the sport organization, while effect of their perceptions of praising was insignificant. Sport self-concept has a positive association with their levels of sport participation and simultaneously influences their intention to purchase the sport organization's products due to self-congruity. Discussion: This study contributes to CSV literature by demonstrating the role of sport self-concept in CSV in a sport setting. Our findings suggest that sport organizations might focus on strengthening consumers' sport self-concept to create both social and economic value through their CSV.

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Sport and social cohesion within European policy: a critical discourse analysis

Cited by 17 publications

References 36 publications

Social Cohesion: Definitions, Causes and Consequences

Social Cohesion: Definitions, Causes and Consequences

Sport for Social Cohesion: A Conceptual Framework Linking Common Practice and Theory

From Participation to Consumption: The Role of Self-Concept in Creating Shared Values Among Sport Consumers

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