Offering a complete introduction to sport development policy and practice, this book covers key theory, themes, issues, and debates in sport development, without assuming any prior knowledge on the part of the reader. It outlines the organisational landscape of sport in the UK and explains important differences across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, as well as the global context.
Examining both community and elite sport, it covers public, private, and third sectors, including national and local government and national governing bodies, and considers change – cultural, managerial, social, and political – as an element of sport development policy, strategy, and operations. Every chapter includes an in-depth case study around which a seminar or tutorial can be based, as well as definitions of key concepts and terminology that students and practitioners are likely to encounter during their studies or professional practice. Questions at the end of each chapter encourage the reader to reflect on their own work, and useful guides to further reading make the book an ideal jumping off point for further study.
This is the perfect foundation textbook for any sport development course taken as part of a degree program in sport development, sport management, or sport coaching.
Part I: Introducing the Sport Development Landscape
1 Introduction
2 Historical and political context of the United Kingdom
3 Locating and defining sport development in a global context
4 Exploring organisations, policy, and practice
5 Starting to understand, research, and read about sport development
6 Key concepts and theories in sport development
Part II: Agencies and Organisations in Delivery, Policy and Practice
7 Central Government and Key National Agencies
8 National Agencies and Key Charities
9 Local Authority Sport Development
10 National Governing Bodies of Sport
11 Sub Regional Agencies: The Active Partnerships in a UK Context
12 Voluntary and Third Sector Sport Development
13 Coaching, Coaches and Sport Development
14 Schools and Sport Development
15 Higher Education Sport Development
16 The Sport-for-Development Sector: A Role in Social Justice?
17 The Private Sector
Part III: Conclusions, Future Directions and Debates
18 Where Next for Sport Development in the UK?
19 New Policy Pressures and New Delivery Models in Unstable Times
Biography
Chris Mackintosh is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Development at the Department for Sport and Exercise Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is Chair and Founder of the United Kingdom Sport Development Network (UKSDN) and currently has research interests in public policy of sport, development, and delivery systems in national governing bodies, local government, and the role of the voluntary sector. He has advised the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Sport England, Sport Scotland, the Sport and Recreation Alliance, and undertaken over 100 industry-facing research projects.
