Tag: Niklas Hafen
Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, Volume 15, 2024 | Open Access Journal
SSSF, a multidisciplinary social sciences sport studies journal, welcomes articles that deal with sport and social change and social stability in a wide sense, articles about the profound and comprehensive processes affecting sport. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Does responsibility fall on the players or the sporting context? A study of the use of injury-prevention programmes in Swedish elite floorball clubs by Taru Tervo, Andreas Simensen & Staffan Karp (open access).
The quest for legitimacy: Discussing the rational myth inherent in ‘Sport for development and peace’
In Niklas Hafen’s article, two Scandinavian SDP programs serve as examples: LdB FC for Life in South Africa (sport and HIV/AIDS prevention) and Open Fun Football Schools in Moldova (sport and peace building). Drawing on a case study methodology, representatives involved in these cases have been interviewed, and observations in South Africa and Moldova have been made targeting the practical implementation of each endeavor. The aim of the article is to analyze the relationship between rhetoric and practice surrounding both projects.
Soccer & Society, Volume 24, 2023, Issue 3 | Nordic football: local and global impact, influences and images
Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Zlatan Ibrahimović: a monument and a mirror of his times(b> by Roger Johansson, Per-Markku Ristilammi & Helena Tolvhed (open access).
En svensk ”Sport Management-kanon”
SISU Förlags ambitiösa trebandsutgåva Sport Management 1–3, under redaktion av Åsa Bäckström, Karin Book, Bo Carlsson och PG Fahlström, får genomgående positiva omdömen av idrottsforum.orgs recensenter, Søren Bennike som recenserade del 1 i oktober 2019, och Julius Z. Strömberg i föreliggande recension av delarna 2 och 3. Strömberg efterlyser visserligen ett nordiskt perspektiv men ser inte den bristen som ett hinder för att använda böckerna när han lär ut sport management på Norges idrettshøgskole.
Väl genomförd studie av politikens och vardagslivets internationella relationer
Ulf Jonsson recenserar Niklas Hafens avhandling En vandring längs välviljans väg: En studie om idrott och internationellt utvecklingsarbete genom de skandinaviska exemplen LdB FC For Life i Sydafrika och Open Fun Football Schools i Moldavien (Bokförlaget idrottsforum.org). En bok, menar han, med relevans långt utanför det idrottsvetenskapliga fältet.
