Sports Policy

Sport Policy and Development introduces the key themes in sport and social policy and provides students with a base for understanding the process of social policy creation more generally. Bringing a distinctively sociological perspective to the subject, the text provides a comprehensive analysis of ..

This is the first detailed study of the politics of sport policy at the local authority level of governance. In focusing on the local level, the book recognises that the extent to which we benefit from public policy is a result of where we live. Taking the city of Liverpool as its core case study, t..

This is the first detailed study of the politics of sport policy at the local authority level of governance. In focusing on the local level, the book recognises that the extent to which we benefit from public policy is a result of where we live. Taking the city of Liverpool as its core case study, t..

When it comes to governing sport, size ‘matters’. This volume demonstrates the importance of scale in the development of national policies and programmes around sport._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics...

This book makes the case for Sporting Capital as a new conceptual model of sports participation with the potential to transform public policy and practice in sports development. Touching on important issues such as youth sport and public health, it proposes strategic policy improvements that can be ..

This book identifies, illustrates and evaluates the major approaches to comparative and transnational analysis in sports studies, addressing common assumptions that can hamper meaningful research...