Tag: Hallgeir Gammelsæter

The relationship between sport (con)federations and governmental bodies in 13 countries is the subject for Sport Policy Systems and Sport Federations: A Cross-National Perspective, edited by Jeroen Scheerder, Annick Willem & Elien Claes (Palgrave). Our reviewer is Hallgeir Gammelsæter, and he has some serious objections which render the book less than useful.

Hallgeir Gammelsæter vill med sin nya bok Poeng, penger og politikk: Et institusjonelt perspektiv på idrettsledelse (Cappelen Damm) skapa förståelse för idrottens organisationer och organisering utifrån ett institutionsteortiskt perspektiv. Cecilia Stenling hittar många godbitar men saknar kopplingen till den senaste teoriutvecklingen.

New peer review article published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum. The authors, Harald Dolles, Hallgeir Gammelsæter, Oskar Solenes and Solveig Straume, conclude that a football club functions as a frequent reminder of the hometown for people that have migrated, and its activities serve as a foundation for conversations that might support migrators to build up social capital at their new location.

In his knowledgeable review of Handbook of Research on Sport and Business, an anthology from Edward Elgar edited by Sten Söderman and Harald Dolles, Hans Lundberg cleverly uncovers and balances its weak points as well as its strengths.

David Holt Olsen Danmarks IndustrimuseumHallgeir Gammelsæter & Benoît Senaux (red) The Organisation and Governance of Top Football Across Europe: An Institutional Perspective 301 sidor, inb. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2011 (Routledge Research...