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Youth Sport and Social Capital - Bleachers and Boardrooms (Paperback)
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Youth Sport and Social Capital - Bleachers and Boardrooms (Paperback)
Series: Sport in the Global Society - Contemporary Perspectives
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This book examines the youth sport parent experience through the
lens of social capital, a cornerstone social science concept of the
past 30 years. Social capital reflects the value of one's social
networks, and the actual and potential benefits - and costs - of
relationships. Bringing together a team of kids for a season also
brings together their families who all must negotiate this new
social world. Within this world, relationships are bound to form,
and these are the foundation upon which this project rests. Youth
sport scholars have traditionally been interested in questions such
as: how many kids play sports, what sports they play, how and why
do they start playing and stop playing, and the costs and benefit
of participation. However, aside from sensational examples of youth
sport parents behaving badly, scholars know far less about the
parental experience. This time is meaningful for parents, because
parents often spend as much or even more time at the fields than
their children. It is thus worth examining what they might get out
of this investment. Utilizing two years of fieldwork and over 30
interviews with parents and board members of a youth baseball
league in the southwestern United States, this book provides an
inside look at the beneficial relationships that can be found in
the bleachers of a kids' baseball game, as well as the unseen,
high-stakes games waged in the boardroom, where relationships can
carry heavy costs as well. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Sport in Society.
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