• Democratic Participation in Voluntary Associations: A Multilevel Analysis of Sports Clubs in Europe 

      Ibsen, Bjarne; Elmose-Østerlund, Karsten; Feiler, Svenja; Breuer, Christoph; Seippel, Ørnulf; Van der Roest, Jan-Willem; Scheerder, Jeroen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Non-profit associations are usually democratically organized, and this feature plays a legitimizing role for the public support to associations. This article examines which characteristics at country level, organizational ...
    • Social integration in sports clubs: individual and organisational factors in a European context 

      Elmose-Østerlund, Karsten; Seippel, Ørnulf; Llopis-Goig, Ramon; Van der Roest, Jan-Willem; Adler Zwahlen, Jenny; Nagel, Siegfried (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Sports clubs are often perceived as important mediums for social integration, but the empirical evidence to support this claim is limited. This article sets out to identify individual and organisational characteristics ...