| Sport, Policy and Politics: A Comparative Analysis Contributor(s): Houlihan, Barrie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415129184 ISBN-13: 9780415129183 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1997 Annotation: In recent years, across a broad range of countries, sport has been transformed from an essentially private, politically marginal activity to an important concern of government. This volume is a genuinely comparative analysis of sport policy making, and the motives for investment by governments in five countries -- Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and North America. Bruce Houlihan analyzes to what extent different countries learn from each other when determining domestic policy, and just how "internationalized" the process of policy-making is becoming. Discussing such timely and complex issues as drug testing and abuse and the division of responsibility between different levels of government, Houlihan examines the probability that the future of sport will be determined by domestic governing bodies, and dependent upon their allocation of resources. Written in a clear and accessible style, this volume will be of great value to those studying sport, politics, policy-making, or leisure management. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Sports & Recreation |
| Dewey: 796.069 |
| LCCN: 97003355 |
| Lexile Measure: 1570 |
| Physical Information: 1.26" H x 6.36" W x 9.42" (1.41 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sport, Policy and Politics is a genuinely comparative analysis of sport policy-making in five countries - Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and North America. Some of the issues raised in this book include: * the process of sport policy-making * the administrative framework for sport: the responsibilities of central or federal governments, state governments and local authorities * the division of responsibility between different levels of government * how policy-making has addressed the topical problems of drug abuse in athletes, and the provision of sport and physical education in schools. |