Participation in Sport: International Policy Perspectives - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415554772 ISBN 13: 9780415554770

Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Participation in Sport Examines the sport participation policies of national governments across the world. This book offers a comparative analysis of the motives for, and successes and failures of those policies.

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About the Author:

Matthew Nicholson is Associate Professor of Sport Management in the Centre for Sport and Social Impact at La Trobe University, Australia. His research interests focus on sport policy and development, the contribution of sport to social capital and the relationship between sport and the media. His most recent books include Sport and Policy: Issues and Analysis (2010), Sport Management: Principles and Applications (2009), Sport and Social Capital (2008), A National Game (2008) and Sport and the Media: Managing the Nexus (2007).

Russell Hoye is Professor of Sport Management and Director of the Centre for Sport and Social Impact at La Trobe University, Australia. His main research areas focus on the governance of sports organizations, the impacts of public policy on sport and the engagement of volunteers in sport. His most recent books include Sport and Policy: Issues and Analysis (2010), Sport Management: Principles and Applications (2009), Sport and Social Capital (2008) and Sport Governance (2007).

Barrie Houlihan is Professor of Sport Policy in the Institute of Sport and Leisure Policy in the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences at Loughborough University, UK. He has written widely on many aspects of sport policy including doping, sport development, theorizing the sport policy process and sport and young people. His most recent books include Sport and Policy: Issues and Analysis (2010), Comparative Elite Sport Development: Systems, Structures and Public Policy (2008) and Sport Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Stability and Change (2007).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0415554772
• ISBN 13: 9780415554770
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Nicholson Matthew, Hoye Russell, Houlihan Barrie