ABSTRACT
This chapter examines international evidence on social capital in voluntary sports clubs. It summarises key findings from case study research in three voluntary sports clubs in the UK, reported in Chapters 5 to 9 of Social capital and sport organisations, and it compares and contrasts these findings with other, relevant research. The basic objective of the chapter is to see whether the things uncovered in the case study research have been found elsewhere, or whether other research found different things. In addition, the chapter offers the opportunity to deepen our knowledge of social capital and sport organisations, as other researchers have not only examined social capital from slightly different angles, but also explored things that the case study research did not. The chapter is organised in line with the way social capital is conceptualised in this book, so it looks, in turn, at social ties, the core mechanisms of social capital, social capital-related outcomes and context.
