Participation in sport : international policy perspectives / edited by Matthew Nicholson, Russell Hoye, and Barrie Houlihan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Houlihan, Barrie.

Hoye, Russell, 1966-

Nicholson, Matthew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports and state.

Sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although there is growing interest from governments in participation levels in sport, the extent to which governments actively promote 'sport for all' and their motives for doing so vary greatly. This is the first book to examine the sport participation policies of national governments across the world and to offer a comparative analysis of the motives for, and successes and failures of those policies.Organized around a series of sixteen national case studies, including the UK, the US, Australia, China and India, the book enables students and practitioners to compare and contrast the

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 England; 3 The Netherlands; 4 Germany; 5 Norway; 6 Hungary; 7 Bulgaria; 8 Finland; 9 South Africa; 10 India; 11 China; 12 Singapore; 13 Japan; 14 Australia; 15 New Zealand; 16 United States of America; 17 Canada; 18 Conclusion; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612898747

9781135265731

1135265739

9781135265748

1135265747

9781282898745

1282898744

9780203870495

0203870492

OCLC:

681484209