ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|21 pages

Comparing policy for sport and recreation

chapter 2|39 pages

Government, sport and policy-making

chapter 4|37 pages

Sub-national government

chapter 5|32 pages

National sports organisations

chapter 6|41 pages

Doping and sport

chapter 7|35 pages

Sport and physical education in schools

chapter 8|18 pages

Conclusion