Sport Policy in Small States

Herausgeber: Sam, Michael; Jackson, Steven J

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

When it comes to governing sport, size 'matters'. This volume demonstrates the importance of scale in the development of national policies and programmes around sport. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781138938885
• ISBN-10: 1138938882
• Artikelnr.: 43035751

Autorenporträt

Michael Sam is Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago where he teaches organisational aspects of sport and sport/leisure policy. His research interests broadly encompass areas of policy, politics and governance as they relate to the public administration/management of sport. Steven Jackson is a Professor at the University of Otago who specialises in the area of sociology of sport and sport media. His research focuses on globalisation, national identity, media and advertising cultures.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Sport and small States: The myths, limits and contradictions of the
legend of David and Goliath 2. Small states: sport and politics at the
margin 3. Elite sport in Scandinavian welfare states: legitimacy under
pressure? 4. Challenges and constraints in developing and implementing
sports policy and provision in Antigua and Barbuda: Which way now for a
small island state? 5. Resisting self-regulation: An Analysis of sport
policy programme making and implementation in Sweden 6. Sport policy and
transformation in small states: New Zealand's struggle between
vulnerability and resilience 7. A David in the Global Goliaths' sporting
Arena: Finland as a small sports nation 8. Sport policy and politics in
Lebanon