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Fitness philanthropy and social capital: an emerging research agenda for sport and community well-being
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Palmer, C, Fitness philanthropy and social capital: an emerging research agenda for sport and community well-being, International Journal of Community Well-Being, 4 pp. 77-90. ISSN 2524-5295 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1007/s42413-020-00063-w
Abstract
There is a growing recognition of the ways in which sport and leisure can contribute to
well-being. This paper offers a socio-cultural account of the sport-charity nexus as a site
and source of community well-being. The paper conceives sports charity as broader
than a fundraising imperative or a motivation for physical health outcomes and benefits
and argues instead that "fitness philanthropy" is an important socio-sporting movement
that mobilises well-being in increasingly neo-liberal times. Drawing on the literature on
sport and social capital, and leisure and well-being, the paper argues that fitness
philanthropy provides an important social barometer for broader cultural and ideological imperatives that contribute in novel ways to understanding health and well-being.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | wellbeing, social capital, fitness philanthropy, sport and leisure, neoliberalism |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Sociology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
UTAS Author: | Palmer, C (Professor Catherine Palmer) |
ID Code: | 139001 |
Year Published: | 2020 |
Deposited By: | Office of the School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2020-05-19 |
Last Modified: | 2021-04-20 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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