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Zusatztext "In a context of ever-growing state involvement in sport! here is a much- needed! comprehensive review of all areas of sport policy! paying equal attention to policy development! implementation! and the outcomes which! as this book shows! are usually rather different to all the key actors' intentions"! Professor Ken Roberts! School of Sociology and Social Policy! University of Liverpool"An extremely useful teaching aid ... It makes a clear! concise and important contribution to the existing sport policy literature"! Peter Millward! Managing Leisure"Many books aspire to be both accessible to practitioners and academics but encounter problems truly speaking to the former. This book does so by using accessible language and adopting a strong narrative throughout each of the chapters making the reader keen to find out what happens next in the sports development policy story. It also manages to engage all aspects of the sports development spectrum from elite sport through to grass roots activity. For those specialising in either area! this book will provide valuable insights into the broader context for sport."! Amy Shephard! Leisure Studies Informationen zum Autor Daniel Bloyce is Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport and Exercise and Co-Director of the Chester Centre for Research into Sport and Society at the University of Chester, UK. He is a co-editor of the International Journal of Sport Policy . Andy Smith is Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport and Exercise at the University of Chester, UK. He is a co-editor of the International Journal of Sport Policy , and co-author of Disability, Sport and Society and An Introduction to Drugs in Sport. Both books are published by Routledge (2009). Klappentext 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 the ways in which pro-sport policies are thought to influence the community and the individual. Zusammenfassung Who makes sport policy and why do we need it? What is the purpose of sport development programmes? This book answers these questions and more by closely examining the complex relationships between modern sport, sport policy and development and other aspects of the wider society. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Introduction 1. The Sport Policy Process: a Sociological Perspective 2. The Emergence and Development of Sport Policy 3. Youth Sport Development: Physical Education, Schools Sport and Community Club Links 4. Community Sport Development: Promoting Social Inclusion 5. Community Sport Development: Promoting Health 6. Elite Sport Development: Promoting International Success 7. The Politics and Policy of Mega-Events: A Case Study of London 2012. References. Index. ...
