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Time to Score the Goal of Integration - A Case Study of a Football Club’s Impacts on Integration for Youth Girls with Foreign Backgrounds in Stockholm, Sweden

Brune, Elise LU (2021) MIDM19 20211
Department of Human Geography
LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management
Abstract
There is a need for more efficient measures to ensure responsible migration in host countries. Sports are recognised as a key measure to promote integration. This thesis’s purpose is to increase the understanding of the impacts football clubs have on integration for youth girls with foreign backgrounds in Stockholm, Sweden. This is done by exploring social relations’ role in integration and examining what aspects of clubs can contribute to integration. The Indicators of Integration framework outlines three kinds of social capital’s importance for integration and is selected to interpret the findings. The thesis has adopted a case study design and focuses on a football club.

The thesis concludes that football clubs can accelerate the... (More)
There is a need for more efficient measures to ensure responsible migration in host countries. Sports are recognised as a key measure to promote integration. This thesis’s purpose is to increase the understanding of the impacts football clubs have on integration for youth girls with foreign backgrounds in Stockholm, Sweden. This is done by exploring social relations’ role in integration and examining what aspects of clubs can contribute to integration. The Indicators of Integration framework outlines three kinds of social capital’s importance for integration and is selected to interpret the findings. The thesis has adopted a case study design and focuses on a football club.

The thesis concludes that football clubs can accelerate the formation of social relations that can positively impact integration. The thesis also opens up a discussion on the different impacts sports clubs can have on integration. Further, findings include that certain locations and club aims can make clubs more likely to contribute to integration. The implications drawn from the study outline criteria that can promote accelerating impacts on integration. These include that clubs should promote access, inclusion and social connections outside the residential community. (Less)
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author
Brune, Elise LU
supervisor
organization
course
MIDM19 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
migration, integration, Sweden, sports, football clubs, social relations, youth, girls with foreign backgrounds
language
English
id
9044035
date added to LUP
2021-06-21 11:24:41
date last changed
2021-06-21 11:24:41
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  abstract     = {{There is a need for more efficient measures to ensure responsible migration in host countries. Sports are recognised as a key measure to promote integration. This thesis’s purpose is to increase the understanding of the impacts football clubs have on integration for youth girls with foreign backgrounds in Stockholm, Sweden. This is done by exploring social relations’ role in integration and examining what aspects of clubs can contribute to integration. The Indicators of Integration framework outlines three kinds of social capital’s importance for integration and is selected to interpret the findings. The thesis has adopted a case study design and focuses on a football club. 

The thesis concludes that football clubs can accelerate the formation of social relations that can positively impact integration. The thesis also opens up a discussion on the different impacts sports clubs can have on integration. Further, findings include that certain locations and club aims can make clubs more likely to contribute to integration. The implications drawn from the study outline criteria that can promote accelerating impacts on integration. These include that clubs should promote access, inclusion and social connections outside the residential community.}},
  author       = {{Brune, Elise}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Time to Score the Goal of Integration - A Case Study of a Football Club’s Impacts on Integration for Youth Girls with Foreign Backgrounds in Stockholm, Sweden}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}