Elite Sport Development
Policy Learning and Political Priorities
1st Edition
Published on 5. May 2005
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-415-33182-1 (ISBN)
Description
Elite Sport Development addresses important sport policy questions and explores the emergence, development and current status of elite sport development policy with detailed examination of Australia, Canada and the UK. The sports compared are swimming, track and field athletics, and sailing.
The book looks at the problems faced in establishing an elite sport development infrastructure covering facilities, coaching, sports science and competition. Likewise, full-time athletes are considered and the tensions that a pre-occupation with elite achievement generates within the sports is also examined. Includes:
* why governments invest heavily in elite sport
* the relationship between Government and NGB's
* the impact of elite investment on 'sport for all'
* the selection of individual sports for priority funding.
This detailed text will be of interest to students, researchers and professionals working in sports development and policy.
The book looks at the problems faced in establishing an elite sport development infrastructure covering facilities, coaching, sports science and competition. Likewise, full-time athletes are considered and the tensions that a pre-occupation with elite achievement generates within the sports is also examined. Includes:
* why governments invest heavily in elite sport
* the relationship between Government and NGB's
* the impact of elite investment on 'sport for all'
* the selection of individual sports for priority funding.
This detailed text will be of interest to students, researchers and professionals working in sports development and policy.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate
Illustrations
1 s/w Zeichnung
1 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
523 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-33182-1 (9780415331821)
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Persons
Mick Green is Lecturer in Sports Policy and Management in the Institute of Sport and Leisure Policy, Loughborough University. Barrie Houlihan is Professor of Sport Policy in the Institute of Sport and Leisure Policy at Loughborough University.
Content
1. Investigating Elite Sport Policy Processes and Policy Change 2. Theorising Sport Policy 3. Development of Sport Policy in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom 4. Australia 5. Canada 6. United Kingdom 7. Conclusions: Facility Development; The Emergence of 'Full-time' Competitors; Coaching and Sports Science and Medicine; Competition Opportunities; Common Themes in Elite Sport Development; Advocacy Coalitions and Elite Sport Policy Change