| Description |
xvii, 313 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Comparing policy for sport and recreation -- 2. Government, sport and policy-waking -- 3. Patterns of government involvement in sport -- 4. Sub-national government -- 5. National sports organisations -- 6. Doping and sport -- 7. Sport and physical education in schools -- 8. Conclusion |
| Summary |
Why is it that now most governments, whether democratic or authoritarian, accord sport a high status in central administration and spend considerable sums of public money on the development of sport in general, and elite sport in particular? Sport, Policy and Politics unravels both the processes involved in policy-making for sport, and what motives might lie behind investment by the governments of five countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-297) and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to EBL (Ebook Library) |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Sports and state -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Sports -- Political aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Author |
Ebooks Corporation.
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| LC no. |
97003355 |
| ISBN |
0415129184 (hardcover) |
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0415129192 (paperback) |
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