The Palgrave Handbook of Disability Sport in Europe: Policies, Structures and Participation

ISBN-13: 9783031217586 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Caroline Van Lindert; Jeroen Scheerder; Ian Brittain

Opis

This handbook explores the various ways in which disability sport is governed and organised across Europe, as well as examining the extent to which persons with a disability participate in sport at the grassroots level. Based upon a solid theoretical framework and up-to-date data, the 19 country-specific chapters in this handbook give a comparative overview of the structuring, steering and supporting elements of disability sport policy and sport participation levels amongst persons with a disability, as well as the extent to which countries adopt policies to promote inclusion in sport in this population. A multitude of authors also identify the various methods and challenges in collecting sport participation data with regard to persons with a disability. This handbook will be a valuable resource for academic study across a range of sport and disability related programs, as well as a point of reference for researchers and policymakers working in this area.

Spis treści

1.     Introduction. Sport participation a human right for persons with a disability

Caroline van Lindert, Jeroen Scheerder, and Ian Brittain

 

2.     Understanding disability, disability sport and inclusion

Ian Brittain, Caroline van Lindert, and Jeroen Scheerder

 

3.     Participation in sport and physical activity amongst people with a disability. A pan-European comparative approach

Jeroen Scheerder, Kobe Helsen, Caroline van Lindert, and Ian Brittain

 

4.     Denmark: Disability sports policy at arm’s length

Christian Røj Voldby and Karsten Elmose-Østerlund

 

5.     Finland. Facts behind the long and complicated process of disability inclusion in sports

Kati Lehtonen and Aija Saari

 

6.     Disability and sport in Iceland

Ingi Þór Einarsson and Vidar Halldorsson

 

7.     Norway

Marit Sørensen and Nina Kahrs

 

8.     Beyond inclusion - opportunity structures in sports for all in Sweden

Kim Wickman and Linda Torége

 

9.     Ireland

Catherine Carty and Paul Kitchin

 

10.  Northern Ireland: Disability Sport in a Shared Space

Paul Kitchin and Catherine Carty

 

11.  United Kingdom: An inclusionary approach to sport

Matej Christiaens, Ian Brittain, and Christopher Brown

 

12.  Austria: Half Way to Inclusion?

Torsten Wojciechowski and Claudia Stura

 

13.  Disability sport in Belgium/Flanders. From a fragmented mosaic towards a more inclusive landscape

Debbie Van Biesen and Jeroen Scheerder

 

14.  Complexity and Coexistence: Disability Sport in Germany

Jürgen Mittag

 

15.  The Netherlands, towards inclusive sport for people with a disability

Caroline van Lindert and Maxine de Jonge

 

16.  Switzerland

Julia Albrecht, Siegfried Nagel, and Christoffer Klenk

 

17.  Hungary: Rise of attention given to disability sports

Szilvia Perényi and Zsuzsanna Szilárd

 

18.  Disability Sport in Lithuania

Jurate Pozeriene and Diana Reklaitiene

 

19.  Structure of the analysis on the development and situation of disability sport in Slovenia

Mojca Doupona and Simona Kustec

 

20.  Portugal: pathways of sport for people with disabilities

Leonardo José Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Anabela Vitorino and Nuno M. Pimenta

 

21.  Disability sport in Spain

Javier Pérez-Tejero and Cati Lecumberri

 

22.  Turkey (Republic of Turkey): Disability Sports, Policies and Implementations

Yeşim Albayrak Kuruoğlu

 

23.  The landscape of sport for persons with a disability: a system within a system

Caroline van Lindert, Jeroen Scheerder, and Ian Brittain

O autorze

Caroline van Lindert is Senior Researcher at the Mulier Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Jeroen Scheerder is Professor in the Faculty of Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium, and head of the Policy in Sports & Physical Activity Research Group.

Ian Brittain is Associate Professor (Research) in the Centre for Business in Society at Coventry University, UK.

Blurb

“This volume is likely to fill a large gap in the market and is set to become the ‘go to’ text on sports participation among people with disabilities. The book is very well structured around a similar organising principle which eases the task of reading and comparing between the multiple European case studies presented.”

– Jonathan Grix, Professor of Sport Policy and Politics, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

 

“This handbook will make an important contribution by enabling the development and exchange of knowledge in the areas of sport participation and policies and inclusion of persons experiencing disability among practitioners, policy makers and researchers.”

— David Legg, Professor at the Department of Health and Physical Education, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada, and President of the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity

 

This handbook explores the various ways in which disability sport is governed and organised across Europe, as well as examining the extent to which persons with a disability participate in sport at the grassroots level. Based upon a solid theoretical framework and up-to-date data, the 19 country-specific chapters in this handbook give a comparative overview of the structuring, steering and supporting elements of disability sport policy and sport participation levels amongst persons with a disability, as well as the extent to which countries adopt policies to promote inclusion in sport in this population. A multitude of authors also identify the various methods and challenges in collecting sport participation data with regard to persons with a disability. This handbook will be a valuable resource for academic study across a range of sport and disability related programs, as well as a point of reference for researchers and policymakers working in this area.

Caroline van Lindert is Senior Researcher at the Mulier Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Jeroen Scheerder is Professor in the Faculty of Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium, and head of the Policy in Sports & Physical Activity Research Group.

Ian Brittain is Associate Professor (Research) in the Centre for Business in Society at Coventry University, UK.