Moments of social inclusion: asylum seekers, football and solidarity

McDonald, Brent; Spaaij, Ramón; Dukić, Darko

doi:10.1080/17430437.2018.1504774

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“…The comparison of engagement levels of clubs that follow an institutional logic with those that do not revealed that following any logic is favorable. The finding that clubs that follow a performance logic demonstrate relatively high engagement levels for refugees allows the suggestion that they might do so in an attempt to identify potentially talented athletes (McDonald et al, 2019; Spaaij et al, 2014). As assumed by Michelini et al (2018), integrative clubs show higher and conviviality clubs lower engagement levels.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The relationship between a competitive/performance-oriented institutional logic and the likelihood of successful integration of refugees remains unclear. While Skille (2009) believes that implementing social policy and the logic of competition seem challenging to combine, McDonald et al (2019) and Spaaij et al (2014) argue that an (elite) sports club might deliberately offer sports for refugees to identify talent.…”

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“…For example, the facilities of 3,400 German voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) had been used for the accommodation of refugees between 2014 and 2015 (Breuer, Feiler, & Nowy, 2017). Policy makers at the local, national, and supranational level invest in VSCs to stimulate their assumed function as motors for integration of specific target groups (European Commission, 2018; Federal Government of Germany, 2016; McDonald, Spaaij, & Dukic, 2019; Michelini, Burrmann, Nobis, Tuchel, & Schlesinger, 2018; Waardenburg, 2016). VSCs are characteristically nonprofit and member-based organizations that traditionally form the “grassroots” of mass sport participation in many European and overseas countries, such as Canada and Australia (Feiler, Wicker, & Breuer, 2018; Misener & Misener, 2017; Skille & Stenling, 2018).…”

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“…Negative social encounters in grassroots sports clubs such as discrimination or racism (see Kilvington & Price, 2013; Nowy & Breuer, 2019) can affect the experiences of refugees and may reinforce group boundaries that hinder successful integration (Spaaij, 2012). Sports’ capacity to promote the social inclusion of refugees is, therefore, not straightforward and instead conditional and context-dependent (McDonald et al, 2019; Michelini et al, 2018). A simplistic claim that refugees only need to participate in an organized sport to become fully integrated cannot be upheld (Spracklen, Long, & Hylton, 2015).…”

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Investigating Grassroots Sports’ Engagement for Refugees: Evidence From Voluntary Sports Clubs in Germany

Nowy

Feiler

Breuer

2019

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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Unprecedented numbers of refugees have affected European society at large, and the organized sports system, in particular. Combining the concepts of organizational capacity and institutional logics, this article examines the engagement of voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) in the process of refugee integration. Drawing on data from a representative sample of n = 5,170 German VSCs through an online survey, the results indicate that 28% of the VSCs reported engagement in the process of integrating refugees by the end of 2015; however, only 14% initiated concrete measures. The statistical analysis highlights the relevance of institutional logics. VSCs are encouraged to carefully handle the tension between business-like management and intensive voluntary work during the integrative process. Financial capacity appears less relevant; the presence of migrant club members and a more professional organizational design, however, appear beneficial. The results imply that involved stakeholders should intensify capacity building programs in the structural dimension of organizational capacity.

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Investigating Grassroots Sports’ Engagement for Refugees: Evidence From Voluntary Sports Clubs in Germany

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Feiler

Breuer

2019

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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“…Moreover, it is noteworthy that very few authors themselves have refugee or forced migrant backgrounds. Only three authors of literature covered in this review explicitly self-identified as having a refugee background: Darko Dukic (in Dukic et al, 2017 ; McDonald et al, 2019 ), William Abur (Abur, 2018 ), and David Nyuol Vincent (in Baker-Lewton et al, 2017 ). The publications of these three authors were affiliated with Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.…”

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Sport, Refugees, and Forced Migration: A Critical Review of the Literature

Spaaij

Broerse

Oxford

et al. 2019

Front. Sports Act. Living

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Researchers, policy makers, and practitioners increasingly pay attention to sport and physical activity as a means and context for refugee wellbeing and integration, influenced by wider political and policy concerns about forced migration. Considering this growing scholarly and policy attention, it is timely to take stock of, and critically reflect on, recent developments in this field of research. This paper offers an integrative, critical review of the scientific literature on the topic. It critically synthesizes what is known about the sport and physical activity experiences of people with refugee and forced migrant backgrounds, and identifies key issues and directions for future research in this field. This review of contemporary academic literature comprises 83 publications derived from fourteen languages published between 1996 and 2019. It shows a substantial increase in the volume of published research on the topic in recent years (2017-2019). Published research is concentrated primarily in Western countries around the themes of health promotion, integration and social inclusion, and barriers and facilitators to participation in sport and physical activity. The findings foreground the use of policy categories, deficit approaches, and intersectionalities as three pressing challenges in this area of research. Based on this synthesis, the authors identify four research gaps that require attention in future research: the experiential (embodied emotional) dimensions of sport and physical activity, the need to decolonize research, the space for innovative methodologies, and research ethics.

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Promoting social inclusion for adult communities: The moderating role of leisure constraints on life satisfaction in five European countries

Koçak,

Gürbüz

2024

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Although leisure constraints that individuals have to cope with can negatively affect their social inclusion and satisfaction with life, little research has addressed the link between these variables. Therefore, the current paper examined the moderator role of leisure constraints on the relationship between satisfaction with life and leisure constraints among adults living in five different European countries. The respondents were 1,382 women and 877 men adults. The findings of analysis revealed that all factors used in the study accounted for 15% of the variance in satisfaction with life and social inclusion had a significant and positive impact on satisfaction with life. As a result, it can be said that leisure constraints had a moderating effect on the relationship between satisfaction with life and social inclusion. The present research study recommends that social inclusion should be encouraged through decreasing to leisure constraints to increase the life satisfaction.

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Moments of social inclusion: asylum seekers, football and solidarity

Cited by 39 publications

References 31 publications

Investigating Grassroots Sports’ Engagement for Refugees: Evidence From Voluntary Sports Clubs in Germany

Investigating Grassroots Sports’ Engagement for Refugees: Evidence From Voluntary Sports Clubs in Germany

Sport, Refugees, and Forced Migration: A Critical Review of the Literature

Promoting social inclusion for adult communities: The moderating role of leisure constraints on life satisfaction in five European countries

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