Conceptualising sustainability in sports development

Lindsey, Iain

doi:10.1080/02614360802048886

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“…At present, sustainability is common, but there is little consensus about what the concept means or what sustainability claims actually should include (Lindsey, 2008). A common approach to sustainability involves three interlinked dimensionsnamely environmental, economic and social.…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 98%

Caring as an important foundation in coaching for social sustainability: a case study of a successful Swedish coach inhigh-performance sport

Annerstedt

Lindgren

2014

Reflective Practice

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The aim of this study is to describe and analyze the experiences and strategies of one successful coach in high-performance sports. Through case study methodology we have studied Bengt Johansson, one of the most successful coaches in Sweden ever. From the perspective of social sustainability, caring seems to have constituted an important basis for coaching the Swedish national team in handball during Bengt Johansson′s years as head coach. Caring in this sense means to respect the players, value them, involve them, have dialogue with them, listen to them and support them as human beings. Johansson has demonstrated how competitiveness, dedication and hard work coexist alongside compassion, empathy, participation and caring.

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 98%

Caring as an important foundation in coaching for social sustainability: a case study of a successful Swedish coach inhigh-performance sport

Annerstedt

Lindgren

2014

Reflective Practice

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“…Fourthly, there is a need for sustainable programs, which is easier when funders are tied together in partnerships, and local people are involved at all stages from diagnosis to delivery (Lindsey, 2008). Fifthly and finally, sport has neither the political "clout" nor the policy salience to make major changes on its own, needing the support of political economic and organisational partners (Pierre & Peters, 2001).…”

Section: Social Inclusion Through Sport: Sports-based Interventionsmentioning

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Social Exclusion and Austerity Policies in England: The Role of Sports in a New Area of Social Polarisation and Inequality?

Collins

Haudenhuyse

2015

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Poverty still counts as the core of social exclusion from sport and many other domains of people's lives. In the first part of this paper, we shortly describe the recent poverty trends in England, and identify groups that are more at-risk of being poor and socially excluded. We then focus on the relationship between poverty, social exclusion and leisure/sports participation, and describe a case study that addresses young people's social exclusion through the use of sports (i.e., Positive Futures). Although further analysis is warranted, it would seem that growing structural inequalities (including sport participation)-with their concomitant effects on health and quality of life-are further widened and deepened by the policy measures taken by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the UK. In addition, within a climate of austerity, sport-based social inclusion schemes are likely to become wholly inadequate in the face of exclusionary forces such schemes envision to combat.

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“…However, there has been a lack of agreement on the meaning of the principle constructs of the concept -needs and development, the resultant difficulties in operationalising them, and the concomitant need for a substantial capacity to predict the future and to handle uncertainty. Lindsey (2008) proposed a framework for examining sustainability in sports development based on four levels of change, individual, community, organisational and institutional.…”

Section: The Idea Of Sustainable Olympic Sports Development Legacymentioning

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The political process of constructing a sustainable London Olympics sports development legacy

Girginov

Hills

2009

International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

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This study attempts to develop a research agenda for understanding the process of constructing a sustainable Olympic sports development legacy. The research uses a social constructivist perspective to examine the link between the 2012 London Olympic Games and sustainable sports development. The first part of the paper provides justification for the study of sport policy processes using a constructivist lens. This is followed by a section which critically unpacks sustainable sports development drawing on Mosse"s (1998) ideas of process-oriented research and Searle"s conceptualisation of the construction of social reality. Searle"s (1995) concepts of the assignment of function, collective intentionality, collective rules, and human capacity to cope with the environment are considered in relation to the events and discourses emerging from the legacy vision(s) associated with the 2012 London Olympic Games. The paper concludes by proposing a framework for engaging in process oriented research and highlights key elements, research questions, and methodological issues. The proposed constructivist approach can be used to inform policy, practice, and research on sustainable Olympic sports development legacy.

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Conceptualising sustainability in sports development

Cited by 62 publications

References 11 publications

Caring as an important foundation in coaching for social sustainability: a case study of a successful Swedish coach inhigh-performance sport

Caring as an important foundation in coaching for social sustainability: a case study of a successful Swedish coach inhigh-performance sport

Social Exclusion and Austerity Policies in England: The Role of Sports in a New Area of Social Polarisation and Inequality?

The political process of constructing a sustainable London Olympics sports development legacy

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