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1. Sport Policy and Development

   An Introduction

   By Daniel Bloyce, Andy Smith

   Who makes sport policy and why do we need it? What is the purpose of sport development programmes? Sport Policy and Development answers these questions and more by closely examining the complex relationships between modern sport, sport policy and development and other aspects of the wider society...

   Published August 5th 2009 by Routledge
2. Disability, Sport and Society

   An Introduction

   By Nigel Thomas, Andy Smith

   Disability sport is a relatively recent phenomenon, yet it is also one that, particularly in the context of social inclusion, is attracting increasing political and academic interest. The purpose of this important new text – the first of its kind – is to introduce the reader to key...

   Published December 4th 2008 by Routledge
3. An Introduction to Drugs in Sport

   Addicted to Winning?, 2nd Edition

   By Ivan Waddington, Andy Smith

   Why do many athletes risk their careers by taking performance-enhancing drugs? Do the highly competitive pressures of elite sports teach athletes to win at any cost? An Introduction to Drugs in Sport provides a detailed and systematic examination of drug use in sport and attempts to explain why...

   Published December 1st 2008 by Routledge
4. Politics and the European Commission

   Actors, Interdependence, Legitimacy

   Edited by Andy Smith

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   The European Commission is an organization which has come to fascinate or repulse a range of national politicians, journalists and social scientists. In contrast to the prevailing image of the Commission as a 'bureaucrat's paradise', however, and by using the results of original research, this book...

   Published December 4th 2006 by Routledge
5. An Introduction to Drugs in Sport

   Addicted to Winning?

   By Ivan Waddington, Andy Smith

   Why do many athletes risk their careers by taking performance enhancing drugs? Do the highly competitive pressures elite sports teach athletes to win at any cost? In order to understand the complex relationships between sport and other aspects of society, it is necessary to strip away our...

   Published April 30th 2000 by Routledge