Sport Policy

Name: Sport Policy
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ISBN: 9780750683647

ISBN-10: 0750683643

ISBN-13: 9780750683647

Edition: 2007

Authors: Barrie Houlihan, Hilmar Rommetvedt, Per Mangset, Nils Asle Bergsgard, Svein Ingve Nï¿½dland

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Sport Policy: a comparative analysis of stability and change builds on the growing general interest in the comparative study of sport policy and the more specific interest in processes of policy change and issues associated with policy convergence. In stark contrast to many other areas of public policy such as education, personal welfare and health care there is a paucity of theoretically informed comparative studies in sport. Over recent years there has been a steady increase in public investment in sport and frequently, as a consequence, a sharper debate about how public resources should be used. However, there has been little analysis of the factors that shape the generation of domestic…

Book details

List price: $63.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.13" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Barrie Houlihan is Professor in the Institute of Sport and Leisure Policy, Loughborough University.



Preface


Acknowledgements


List of figures


List of tables


List of abbreviations



Introduction


Sport and sport policy


The selected countries and their socio-economic profiles


Welfare state regimes and sport


Sport profiles


Political systems and policy change


Methods of comparison and research design


Structure of the book


Notes



Comparing sport policies in economically developed countries


Introduction


Comparative sport policy studies


Policy processes and approaches to comparison


Analytical dimensions


Summary


Note



Political and historical context


Deep structures and policy paradigms


Forces of change


The four countries in the study


Conclusion


Notes



The structure of sport and the role of the voluntary sector


Introduction


The organisational setting for voluntary sport


Voluntary sport organisations and resources


Basis for voluntary sport co-ordination and interests


Summary discussion


Notes



Sport policy: structures and values


Introduction


Government responsibilities for sport


Government and sport relations


Policy objectives and priorities


Conclusion


Notes



High performance sport


Introduction


Values, priorities and ambivalences


Pathways to the podium


Conclusion


Notes



Sport for all


Introduction


The development of sport for all policies


Policy implementation


Factors influencing variations in sport for all policy



Sport policies compared


Cultural differences and welfare regimes


State systems


Executive-legislative relations


Government-interest group relations


Generalisation of interest and coalition building


Divergence or convergence?


Conclusion


References


Index