Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- About the Anthology -- References -- Chapter 2: Sweden: The Societal Setting -- The Swedish Sports Model: Some Characteristics -- A Great Many Citizens Doing Sport and Physical Exercise -- A Popular-Movement Tradition -- Comprehensive Broad Child and Youth Sport -- Comprehensive Public Sports Support on Welfare Policy Grounds -- An Implicit Social Contract between the Sports Movement and the State -- Sports Policy Transformation Processes in the Twenty-First Century -- Declining Activity Levels within Child and Youth Sports -- Commercialization Trends and Increased Costs of Child and Youth Sports -- Increasing State Control and Increasing State Expectations -- Social Entrepreneurship in a Swedish Sports Context -- References -- Chapter 3: Social Entrepreneurship in an International Context -- Introduction -- Schools of Thought in Social Entrepreneurship -- Scope and Focus of Previous Research -- Ambiguous Ways of Understanding the Concept -- Empirical Articles' Use of the Concept -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: A Definition of Sport and Social Entrepreneurship -- Aspects to Be Clarified -- KIOSK: A Voluntary YMCA Club in the City Centre -- Defining Social Entrepreneurship in a Sports Policy Context -- Five Theses -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 5: The Cases -- The Cases -- Enjoy Water -- Equestrian Ventures -- Football for Integration -- Mapping -- Pre-emptive Activity -- The Sports Club on the Island -- The Theses -- Thesis 1: The Normative 'Social' -- Theses 2 and 3: Sport and Money as a Means to Reach Social Goals -- Theses 4 and 5: Crossing Boundaries -- Chapter 6: Social Entrepreneurship, Sport and Democracy Development -- Introduction -- Democracy, Participation and Influence.

Recognition as a Prerequisite for Exercising Democracy -- Sport and Democracy in Sweden -- Social Communities -- Two Empirical Cases -- Case 1: Football for Integration -- Case 2: The Sports Club on the Island -- Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- Chapter 7: Ethics in Researching Sport and Social Entrepreneurship -- Ethics in Relation to Sport and Social Entrepreneurship -- The Role of the Researcher -- Case Studies -- Ethical Dilemmas in the Practice of Social Entrepreneurship -- Ethical Dilemmas in Doing Research on Social Entrepreneurship -- The Complexity of Ethical Dilemmas -- Considerations -- References -- Chapter 8: A Methodological Tool for Researching Sport and Social Entrepreneurship -- Analytical Tool -- Contextualization -- As a Researcher, Define the Concept of Social in Relation to the Context -- Identify and Examine the Embedded Social Values in the Actions -- Examine the Boundary Crossing -- Examine the Sustainability -- Ethical Reflections -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Index.

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