National Sports Policies: An International Handbook

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This unique reference, comparing different policies and programs of amateur and professional sports around the world, fills a real gap in scholarly cross-national analysis. Covering fifteen countries, this handbook appraises the relationships of sports organizations with government, describes important sports activities and organizations, assesses policies and programs in historical context, and points to current issues and future prospects. Designed for students, scholars, sports professionals, and all concerned with public policymaking. This comparative study provides a foundation for understanding policies through which sport is developed and administered and for viewing different political cultures. The reference describes varying degrees and kinds of government involvement in sport, illustrates how sports systems differ from country to country, points to various policy legitimations and implementations, and indicates how sports may be affected by economic resources or public health goals. Designed for students, scholars, sports professionals, and all concerned with public policymaking.

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This collection of essays provides a glimpse into the national sports policies and management systems of seven European nations, North America (Canada and the US), and seven other selected countries.... The essays reveal that sport is closely linked to health, education, economic development, and the environment, as well as to community and nation-building.... The book is well referenced and serves as a fine resource for those interested in educational policy, sport management, and sport sociology as well as international and comparative education.-Choice
"This collection of essays provides a glimpse into the national sports policies and management systems of seven European nations, North America (Canada and the US), and seven other selected countries.... The essays reveal that sport is closely linked to health, education, economic development, and the environment, as well as to community and nation-building.... The book is well referenced and serves as a fine resource for those interested in educational policy, sport management, and sport sociology as well as international and comparative education."-Choice

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LAURENCE CHALIP is a Senior Lecturer with the Faculty of Business and Hotel Management at Griffith University's Gold Coast Campus in Queensland, Australia, where he directs the university's sport management program. He was a research associate with the International Anthropology Project at the Los Angeles Olympic Games and an executive member of the Seoul Organizing Committee for Olympic Cultural Performance and Research. He has held faculty positions at the University of Chicago, the University of Waikato, and the University of Maryland at College Park, where he remains an adjunct member of the graduate faculty. ARTHUR JOHNSON is Professor of Political Science at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He is the author of numerous articles on public policy and sport in the United States and Minor League Baseball and Local Economic Development (1993). He also is the coeditor (with James Frey) of Government and Sport: The Public Policy Issues (1985). LISA STACHURA is a Governor's Policy Fellow in the State of Maryland, working with the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development.