‘The Janus‐faced sport’: English football, community and the legacy of the ‘third way’

Mellor, Gavin

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“…Over the last decade sport and recreation policy-makers have had to adjust to neoliberal and globalisation processes as they impact on social, economic, and state activities, " we l f a r e s t a t e " ) p r o v i s i o n s t o c u r r e n t n e o l i beral state ones resulted in major changes (Harvey, 2005). I n t h e " n e o l i b e r a l s t a t e " p r i v a t e -public partnerships, tax advantages (and expectations) for corporate social responsibility (CSR), and the reduction of social solidarity become key aspects of the new institutional framework (Harvey, 2005;Mellor, 2008). This implies that development or community level sport should operate under market conditions and institutional frameworks inherent in neoliberalism and globalism.…”

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Development through Sport: Building Social Capital in Disadvantaged Communities

Skinner

Zakus

Cowell³

2008

Sport Management Review

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Traditional delivery of sport development programs, especially at the community level, face particular challenges under neoliberal ideology. While several issues are evident, this paper addresses the issue of development through sport for disadvantaged communities. It reviews models where sport was employed to develop better community and citizen life outcomes and t o d e a l wi t h s o c i a l i s s u e s p r e v i o u s l y d e a l t wi t h t h r o u g h " we l f a r e s t a t e " p r o c e s s e s. These new models flow out of neo-liberalist state agendas to assist in fostering social inclusion and to building positive social capital in disadvantaged communities. Examples from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Canada are analysed and the implications for the Australian context are discussed. The discussion focuses on best practice success factors such as policy and strategy, partnerships, places and spaces, community/social development, evaluation and monitoring and sustainability. The role of traditional sports clubs and local government in delivering social inclusion programs and the emerging provision of community based sport activities by community/social development organisations is detailed. The implications for sport management, in terms of community development, community sport development, and sport policy, are also discussed.

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Development through Sport: Building Social Capital in Disadvantaged Communities

Skinner

Zakus

Cowell³

2008

Sport Management Review

260

149

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“…More specifically, the initial pilot project between governmental agencies and the Football League in 1986, when football clubs were recognized formally as vehicles to deliver social value through Football in the Community (FITC) scheme, progressively led to the development of FITC departments. For years, the FITC departments were seen as the community arm of football clubs with a strong commitment to delivering social value through socially responsible activities (Mellor, 2008).…”

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Developing CSR in professional football clubs: drivers and phases

Kolyperas

Morrow

Sparks

2015

Corporate Governance

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Building upon calls for research on how rather than whether things are done when CSR is implemented in an organization (e.g. Smith, 2003) However, this type of CSR research remains under-developed in sporting contexts, a sector that benefits from 'coopetition' or cooperative competition. As professional sport is in direct and indirect competition (amongst teams and leagues, between sports and other entertainment forms, for sponsors, fans and air time) and co-

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“…[5] However, more recently the British Government has identified and championed football as a key vehicle for addressing wider social issues including health, social inclusion, social regeneration and increased participation in (and access to) physical activity. [6,7,8,5] There is a widespread belief that football can be used to promote social inclusion, [8, 9, 10, 11] whilst being championed as a unique vehicle to spread health related messages and subsequently prevent disease and being able to there remains little empirical evidence to substantiate football's ability to address such social ills. [15] In this regard, football interventions have tended to lack sufficient guidance (and/or evidence) to explicitly promote positive health change.…”

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Football in the community schemes: exploring the effectiveness of an intervention in promoting healthful behaviour change

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This study aims to examine the effectiveness of a Premier League Football Club's Football in the Community (FitC) schemes intervention in promoting positive healthful behaviour change in children. Specifically, exploring the effectiveness of this intervention from the perspectives of the participants involved (i.e., the researcher, teachers, children and coaches). A range of data collection techniques were utilised to including the principles of ethnography (i.e., immersion, engagement and observations). Alongside conducting focus groups with the children. The results allude to merely 'keeping active children active' via (mostly) fun, football sessions. Results highlight the important contribution the 'coach' plays in the effectiveness of the intervention. Results relating to working practice (i.e., coaching practice and coach recruitment) are discussed and highlighted as areas to be addressed.FitC schemes appear to require a process of positive organisational change to increase their effectiveness in strategically attending to the health agenda.

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‘The Janus‐faced sport’: English football, community and the legacy of the ‘third way’

Cited by 29 publications

References 4 publications

Development through Sport: Building Social Capital in Disadvantaged Communities

Development through Sport: Building Social Capital in Disadvantaged Communities

Developing CSR in professional football clubs: drivers and phases

Football in the community schemes: exploring the effectiveness of an intervention in promoting healthful behaviour change

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