Football and social inclusion: evaluating social policy
Tacon, Richard (2007) Football and social inclusion: evaluating social policy. Managing Leisure 12 (1), pp. 1-23. ISSN 1360-6719.
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Abstract
Sport, particularly football, is increasingly recognized as a means for promoting social inclusion. Yet rigorous evaluations of football-based social inclusion projects are rarely carried out. This paper explains the importance of evaluation and proposes the use of realist evaluation as a framework for developing theory, informing social policy and improving project design. It also aims to develop a workable template for small-scale project evaluation. The paper draws a series of conclusions on how rigorous evaluation of football-based social inclusion projects can benefit participants, practitioners and policy makers, as well as football clubs and the communities they serve.
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Item Type: | Article |
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School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School |
Research Centres and Institutes: | Birkbeck Sport Business Centre |
Depositing User: | Richard Tacon |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2017 12:11 |
Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:31 |
URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/17988 |
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