Description
This book provides a comparative analysis of sport and physical activity policies, processes, and practices across the home nations (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) of the United Kingdom.
Drawing upon in-depth analysis by internationally recognised experts within the sport policy and management field, and applying a novel analytical framework, this book offers the first comprehensive intra-country comparison of the most significant features of the sporting infrastructure across the home nations. With chapters focusing on each of the four nations in detail, followed by a comparative chapter that identifies themes regarding the evolution of sport policy across the UK, the book examines the differences and similarities across elite, community, and school sport policy. It provides an important insight into how sport policy interacts with national and devolved political structures and with sociocultural factors to drive both elite sporting success and community sport development.
This book is essential reading for any student, researcher, policymaker or sport practitioner with an interest in sport policy, sport development, sport management, public policy, or politics.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction
MATHEW DOWLING, SPENCER HARRIS, AND CHRIS MACKINTOSH
2 Sport Policy in England
IAIN LINDSEY AND DANIEL BLOYCE
3 Sport Policy in Scotland
GRANT JARVIE
4 Sport Policy in Wales
NICOLA BOLTON
5 Sport Policy in Northern Ireland
KYLE FERGUSON, PAUL DONNELLY, ROBERT HEYBURN, AND SIMON SHIBLI
6 Conclusion
MATHEW DOWLING, SPENCER HARRIS, AND CHRIS MACKINTOSH
Appendix 1 Sport policy Across the United Kingdom: A comparative analysis
Appendix 2 Sport Policy Across the United Kingdom (SPATUK) – Systematic Review
