Sport, Forced Migration and the 'Refugee Crisis' / / Enrico Michelini.

"Drawing on original research, this book looks at what sport can tell us about the social processes, patterns and outcomes of forced migration and the 'refugee crisis'. Adopting a systems theory framework and examining different sport disciplines, performance levels and settings, it r...

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Superior document:Routledge Focus on Sport, Culture and Society Series
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Place / Publishing House:Abingdon, Oxon : : Routledge,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Routledge Focus on Sport, Culture and Society Series
Physical Description:1 online resource (152 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Sport and the 'refugee crisis' as a research topic
  • Research question
  • Structure
  • State of the art research on forced migration and sport
  • Neighboring disciplines and research areas
  • Knowledge on forced migration and sport
  • Critical review of the literature
  • Definitions of key terms in forced migration and sport
  • Migrant, displaced person and refugee
  • Physical activity, exercise and sport
  • Crisis and migration crises
  • The 'refugee crisis'
  • The context of the 'refugee crisis'
  • The 'refugee crisis' as a process
  • Sport in the 'refugee crisis'
  • Systems theoretical framework
  • Systems theory
  • General assumptions
  • Specific concepts
  • Typification of the considered systems
  • Other theories
  • Methodical approaches of the projects
  • Researching mass media
  • Researching sport organisations
  • Researching refugee sites
  • Researching refugee athletes
  • Results of the projects
  • Sport and forced migration in the mass media
  • Activities for refugees in sports clubs
  • Physical activity in refugee sites
  • Forced migration and elite sport
  • Overarching discussion of the results
  • Representations of refugee athletes organisations and sport activities for refugees
  • Holistic considerations of the research
  • Conclusion
  • The role of sport within the 'refugee crisis'
  • Elite sport
  • Amateur sport
  • Leisure sport
  • Limitations
  • Methodological aspects
  • Practical aspects
  • Future perspectives
  • Research gaps
  • Future scientific agenda
  • Call to the scientific community.