Comparative Elite Sport Development
Systems, Structures and Public Policy
- 376 pages
- English
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Comparative Elite Sport Development
Systems, Structures and Public Policy
About this book
Now in a fully revised, extended and updated new edition, this is the only book to offer a comparative overview of the development of elite sport systems around the world.
The book examines sport policies and programmes in 20 developed and developing countries that have achieved international sporting success, including the US, the UK, China, Japan, Brazil, Russia, Australia and South Korea, helping the reader to understand the factors behind that success. For each country it sets out the historical and political context in which elite sport has developed, before explaining the country-specific structures of elite sport and the investment that each country has made in elite sport development. The book also considers how countries have used the hosting of mega-events as sport policy tools, and how factors such as geo-politics, states' governance and political ideology, and levels of economic development, all have influence on national sport policy.
Introducing the foundational concepts and principles of elite sport policy and development, and showing how those policies shape global sport, this book is fascinating reading for all students, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners working in sport development, sport policy, sport management, event management, public policy, or political science.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- 1 Introduction by Jonathan Grix, Barrie Houlihan, and Paul Michael Brannagan
- 2 Brazil by Leandro Mazzei and Claudio Rocha
- 3 Cuba by Robert Huish
- 4 Qatar by Danyel Reiche
- 5 Türkiye by Cem Tinaz
- 6 China by Fan Hong
- 7 India by Harish Kumar
- 8 Japan by Mayumi Ya-Ya Yamamoto
- 9 South Korea by Eunah Hong
- 10 France by Emmanuel Bayle, Christophe Durand, and Nicolas Scelles
- 11 Germany by Verena Burk, Peter Ehnold, Karen Petry, and Dirk Steinbach
- 12 The Netherlands by Ivo van Hilvoorde
- 13 Norway by Pal Augestad and Nils Asle Bergsgard
- 14 The United Kingdom by Jonathan Grix, Paul Michael Brannagan, and Barrie Houlihan
- 15 Russia by Vitaly Kazakov
- 16 Australia by Geoff Dickson and Bob Stewart
- 17 New Zealand/Aotearoa by Mike Sam
- 18 Kenya by Jepkorir Rose Chepyator-Thomson, Caren Jebet Cherono, and Michael Boit
- 19 South Africa by Tom Bason and Kamilla Swart
- 20 Canada by David Black and Maya Hibbeln
- 21 The United States by Emily Sparvero, Laurence Chalip, and B. Christine Green
- 22 Conclusion by Jonathan Grix, Barrie Houlihan, and Paul Michael Brannagan
- Index