2nd Edition
Routledge Handbook of Sports Development
Section 1: Contemporary Contexts of Sports Development
Introduction: Sports Development in Context: Historical, Institutional, and Cultural Contingencies
Mike Sam and Kyle Rich
1. The Organisational Context: Why Changes Matter in the Organisation of Sports and Exercise in Denmark
Bjarne Ibsen
2. Sports Clubs’ Contexts (and Sports Development)
Eivind Å. Skille and Ørnulf N. Seippel
3. The Changing Contexts of Sports Development: Exploring Shifts in Skateboarding Provision in Aotearoa New Zealand
Nikolaus A. Dean, John D. MacFarlane, and Belinda Wheaton
4. Sports Development in Latin America: Institutions, Politics, and the Struggle for Good Governance
Gonzalo A. Bravo and Diego Moreno
5. Beyond the Pyramid Metaphor: Unravelling the Complex Interplay between Grassroots Sports and Elite Sports
Maarten van Bottenburg, Veerle De Bosscher, Kari Descheemaeker, and Simon Shibli
Section 2: Sports Development and Young People
Introduction: Youth Sport in a Changing World
Anna-Maria Strittmatter and Iain Lindsey
6. Sports Development and Young People: The Role of International and Supranational Organisations
Roland Naul and Jacob Kornbeck
7. Sport and Youth Development in France during the Decade 2014–2024
Patrick Bouchet
8. The Development of Youth Sport in Sweden
Susanna Hedenborg and Johan R. Norberg
9. "Let Freedom Ring": Youth Sports Development in the United States
Matthew T. Bowers, Laurence Chalip, and B. Christine Green
10. Youth Sports Development in Ghana: Policies, Collaboration, Gated Playing Fields, and Sport Betting
Derrick Charway, Vivian Vinette Dougblor, and Bright Baffour Antwi
Section 3: Sports Development and Participation across Adult Populations
Introduction: Longstanding Stagnation and Alternative Possibilities in Adult-Orientated Sports Development
Iain Lindsey and Kyle Rich
11. Sport and Adult Mass Participation in England
Marc Keech
12. Stratified Sports for All: Critical Perspectives on Sports Development Policy in Flanders (Belgium)
Nathan D’Hoore and Jeroen Scheerder
13. Sport Events and Adult Sport Participation
Marijke Taks and Spencer Harris
14. Sports Development and Informal Sport Participation
Ruth Jeanes, Ramón Spaaij, Dawn Penney, and Justen O’Connor
Section 4: Sports Development and Elite Athletes
Introduction: Elite Sports Development: Challenges and Transformations
Mike Sam and Anna-Maria Strittmatter
15. Elite Sports Development in South Korea: Characteristics and Debates
Minhyeok Tak and Yoon Jin Kim
16. Elite Sports Development: Türkiye and South Africa
Cem Tinaz and Brendon Knott
17. Elite Sports Development in Egalitarian Contexts: Paradoxes, Compromises, and the Scandinavian Middle-Way
Josef Fahlén and Cecilia Stenling
18. Para-Athlete Development: A Review of Contemporary International Approaches
David Legg, Nima Dehghansai, Ciro Winckler, Emma Beckman, Sean Tweedy, John Cairney, and Cheng-Chen Pan
19. Fostering Healthy Athlete Development in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics: An Ecological Approach
Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Laura Purdy, and Melanie Lang
Section 5: Sport for Development
Introduction: Sport for Development: Local Contexts, Policy, and Practices
Kyle Rich and Iain Lindsey
20. Sport for Development in the United Kingdom
Caron Walpole and Carolynne Mason
21. Sport for Development in Norway
Solveig Straume, Oskar Solenes, and Marko Begović
22. Sport for Development in Canada
Simon C. Darnell and Mathew Blundell
23. Sport for Development in Vietnam
Michael S. Dao and Le Thu Mach
24. Sport for Development in Zambia
Davies Banda and Frankson Mushindu
Section 6: Sports Development and International and Global Issues
Introduction: Global, International, and Local Dynamics of Change
Kyle Rich and Anna-Maria Strittmatter
25. Sports Development in a Warming World: Towards Integrated Resilience and Sustainability
Timothy Kellison
26. Sports Development and Human Rights
A. J. Veal
27. Migrant Integration in and through Community Sports
Robyn Smith and Robert Warnecke
28. Governance and Ethics in Sports Development
Efthalia (Elia) Chatzigianni and Maria Charokopaki
Section 7: Issues in the Practice of Sports Development
Introduction: Understanding Context to Navigate Complexity
Anna-Maria Strittmatter and Mike Sam
29. Volunteering in Sport
Evald Bundgård Iversen, Bjarne Ibsen, and Karsten Elmose-Østerlund
30. Safeguarding Children in Sports Development Contexts
Melanie Lang and Nick Ashley
31. Sport Development, Sport Coaching, and Domain Specificity
John Lyle
32. Partnership Working and Sports Development
Katie E. Misener and Kathy Babiak
33. Government Funding for Sports Development: A Focus on Sport Governing Bodies
Géraldine Zeimers
Section 8: Evaluation and Evidence in Sports Development
Introduction: An Amalgamation between Methodological Advances and Intractable Evaluation Challenges
Iain Lindsey and Mike Sam
34. Sport-for-Development’s Contribution to Social Policy Objectives: The Difficult Relationship between Politics and Evidence
Fred Coalter
35. Sports Development: Approaches and Methods for Evaluation
Shushu Chen
36. Approaches to Evaluating the Economic and Social Value of Sports
Inés Nieto Romero, Jose Manuel Sánchez, and Alfonso Jimenez
37. Translating Evaluation Evidence into Impact within Sports Development
Corliss Bean, Majidullah Shaikh, and Caroline Hummell
Biography
Iain Lindsey is a Professor in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University, UK. He has published widely in sport, development, and politics journals. He was co-editor of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics from 2009 to 2018.
Anna-Maria Strittmatter is an Associate Professor of Sport Management at the School of Health Sciences at Örebro University, Sweden. Her range of expertise encompasses sport political processes, sports’ internal organising, social inclusion in decision-making, and sustainable development in and by sport organisations, as well as Olympic legacy and leverage.
Mike Sam is a Professor at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and co-director of the New Zealand Centre for Sport Policy and Politics. Mike serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, and the International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing.
Kyle Rich is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sport Management at Brock University, Canada. Kyle’s research looks at the impact of policy, community, and inclusion/exclusion on experiences in sport, recreation, and physical activity programming.
