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Assessing the sociology of sport: on lifestyle sport and gender
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06)On the 50th anniversary of the ISSA and the IRSS, an influential Norwegian scholar in understanding sporting cultures, Mari Kristin Sisjord, considers the trajectory, challenges, and future opportunities for sociological ... -
Assessing the sociology of sport: on sexual harassment research and policy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06)On the 50th anniversary of the ISSA and IRSS, a key foundational scholar on gender and sport, Kari Fasting, assesses sociological inquiry about sexual harassment in sport and its relation to the development of policy. The ... -
Chinese Olympic sport policy: Managing the impact of globalisation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-06-07)The article examines the extent to which, and the manner in which, the Chinese government managed its relationship with the Olympic movement following its re-engagement with international elite sport competition in the mid ... -
A critical discourse analysis of a local enactment of sport for integration policy: Helping young refugees or self-help for voluntary sports clubs?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)An increasing number of scholars argue that politicians’ ill-defined policies of sport for integration are difficult to realize and, paradoxically, can lead to a sense of alterity and exclusion. This paper provides a ... -
Developing young athletes: the role of private sport schools in the Norwegian sport system
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-30)The aim of the paper is to analyse the increasingly prominent role of private sports schools in the development of elite athletes in Norway. The context for the analysis is the apparent paradox between the emergence of a ... -
Identity constructions among breakdancers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-03-19)The hip-hop culture has evolved from the ghettos of The Bronx, New York in the 1970s, into a global phenomenon. Despite such prominence there is an absence of academic research on the hip-hop culture element: breakdance. ... -
Is sport's ‘gateway for inclusion’ on the latch for ethnic minorities?: A discourse analysis of sport policy for inclusion and integration
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Scholars have increasingly called for the need to problematise and critically examine sport policy for integration/inclusion. This article aims to contribute to this ongoing debate by presenting a Foucauldian-inspired ... -
‘It is passable, I suppose’: adult Norwegian men’s notions of their own bodies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-11-07)The aim of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of how men aged 40–90 years with different educational and ethnic backgrounds talk about their own bodies, and how social dimensions, especially masculinity ... -
(Lack of) government policy for indigenous (Sámi) sport: A chain of legitimating and de-legitimating acts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)While colonization as policy is formally a historic phenomenon in Norway and elsewhere, many former structures of state organization – including their relationship to sport – remain under post-colonial conditions. This ... -
The meaning of democracy in an era of good governance: Views of representation and their implications for board composition
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Contemporary sport governance contexts are marked by a trend towards efficiency-based board composition and an increasing use of instruments aimed to (re)shape boards. Yet, democratic governance is integral to many countries’ ... -
On being ‘head strong’: the pain zone and concussion in non-elite rugby union
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-12-07)In recent years there has been growing concern about concussion in sport in general and rugby union in particular. The qualitative study reported here draws on interviews (n=20) with adult players in non-elite club rugby ... -
On the terms of the recipient? Norwegian sports development aid to Tanzania in the 1980s
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-12)This article discusses the donor–recipient1 relationship in a sports development aid context, and identifies potential dilemmas occurring when aiming to give aid on the recipient’s terms. Using the case of the Norwegian ... -
Sexual harassment in sport toward females in three European countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-03)This article presents data from a cross-cultural study titled ‘Gender Relations in Sport — The Experiences of Czech, Greek, and Norwegian Female Sport Students’. The main research question asked is: what are the amounts ... -
Social status and sport: A study of young Norwegians
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In this article, we study social status associated with sport. First, we examine the extent to which sport gives social status to Norwegian youths and athletes, how sport does so compared to other status markers and how ... -
Superwomen? Young sporting women, temporality and learning not to be perfect
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)New forms of neoliberal femininity create demanding horizons of expectation for young women. For talented athletes, these pressures are intensified by the establishment of dual-career discourses that construct the combination ... -
The social management of medical ethics in sport: Confidentiality in English professional football
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-10-09)This paper examines one of the major ethical challenges in the practice of sports medicine, confidentiality. Drawing on interview and questionnaire data with doctors and physiotherapists working in English professional ... -
The sustainability of the Youth Olympic Games: Stakeholder networks and institutional perspectives
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-04-02)This paper explored the Youth Olympic Games’ (YOG) potential sustainability (survival and success) through an analysis of how actors exert various forms of pressure on the YOG. Given the impact of the Olympic Games and ... -
Volunteer satisfaction in sports clubs: A multilevel analysis in 10 European countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Regular voluntary engagement is a basic resource for sports clubs that may also promote social cohesion and active citizenship. The satisfaction of volunteers is an imperative factor in this engagement, and the purpose of ... -
Youth athlete learning and the dynamics of social performance in Norwegian elite handball
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This study examines how the social interactions of youth handball players are entangled with the ideals, beliefs and norms associated with youth athlete learning in Norwegian handball and communicated through coaching ...