Sports Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. Inclusion and Exclusion Through Youth Sport

   Edited by Symeon Dagkas, Kathleen Armour

   Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

   'We can reach far more people through sport than we can through political or educational programmes. In that way, sport is more powerful than politics. We have only just started to use its potential to build up this country. We must continue to do so.' – Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela's...

   Published August 23rd 2011 by Routledge
2. Doping and Anti-Doping Policy in Sport

   Ethical, Legal and Social Perspectives

   Edited by Mike McNamee, Verner Møller

   Series: Ethics and Sport

   The issue of doping has been the most widely discussed problem in sports ethics and is one of the most prominent issues across sports studies, the sports sciences and their constituent disciplines. This book adds uniquely to that catalogue of discourses by focusing on extant anti-doping policy and...

   Published March 21st 2011 by Routledge
3. Routledge Handbook of Sports Development

   Edited by Barrie Houlihan, Mick Green

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Sports development has become a prominent concern within both the academic study of sport and within the organization and administration of sport. The Routledge Handbook of Sports Development is the first book to comprehensively map the wide-ranging territory of sports development as an activity...

   Published December 14th 2010 by Routledge
4. Participation in Sport

   International Policy Perspectives

   Edited by Matthew Nicholson, Russell Hoye, Barrie Houlihan

   Although there is growing interest from governments in participation levels in sport, the extent to which governments actively promote ‘sport for all’ and their motives for doing so vary greatly. This is the first book to examine the sport participation policies of national governments across the...

   Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge
5. Social Capital and Sport Governance in Europe

   Edited by Margaret Groeneveld, Barrie Houlihan, Fabien Ohl

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   Although there is significant interest in the social role of sport in fostering civil society from both policymakers and academics, there is a lack of evidence of the specific role of sport federations in this system. This book critically presents the mechanisms and structures in a selection of...

   Published July 25th 2010 by Routledge
6. Transnational and Comparative Research in Sport

   Globalisation, Governance and Sport Policy

   Edited by Ian Henry

   The wider adoption of a post-modern understanding of truth and knowledge, an acceptance of the prevalence of Orientalism inherent in much Western research, and the diminished significance of the ‘local’ within the rhetoric of globalization have all combined to constrain comparative and...

   Published November 6th 2009 by Routledge
7. 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
8. Positive Youth Development Through Sport

   Edited by Nicholas L. Holt

   Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

   The first Positive Youth Development title to focus on the role of sport, this book brings together high profile contributors from diverse disciplines to critically examine the ways in which sport can be and has been used to promote youth development. Young people are too frequently looked upon as...

   Published May 6th 2009 by Routledge
9. Sport Policy and Governance

   By Neil King

   Sport Policy and Governance: Local Perspectives is the first detailed study of the politics of sport policy at the local authority level of governance. In focusing on the local level, the book recognises that the extent to which we benefit from public policy is a result of where we live. Taking the...

   Published February 24th 2009 by Routledge
10. 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