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9780415331821

Elite Sport Development: Policy Learning and Political Priorities

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415331821

  • ISBN10:

    041533182X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-06-23
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Elite Sports Developmentaddresses important questions in contemporary sports development, providing detailed analysis of the emergence and current status of elite sport policy and practice in the UK, Australia, and Canada. The authors consider the problems faced by governments and national governing bodies in establishing a successful elite sport infrastructure and examine in detail the particular issues associated with provision of facilities, coaching, sports science and competition. The lives and needs of full-time athletes are studied and tensions generated by competition for resources between elite sport, schools, and community provision are explored. The book includes a discussion of why governments invest heavily in elite sport; the relationships between Government and NGB's; the elite sport investment impact on "sport for all" and how individual sports are selected for priority funding.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables ix
Acknowledgements xi
List of abbreviations xii
1 Investigating elite sport policy processes and policy change 1(10)
Research methodology
4(7)
2 Theorising sport policy 11(19)
Macro-level analysis
11(2)
Meso-level analysis
13(5)
Conceptualising elite sport development models
18(9)
Conclusion
27(3)
3 Development of sport policy in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom 30(34)
Australia
30(9)
Canada
39(12)
United kingdom
51(11)
Conclusion
62(2)
4 Australia 64(35)
Australian Swimming Incorporated
64(11)
Athletics Australia Incorporated
75(12)
Australian Yachting Federation Incorporated
87(12)
5 Canada 99(34)
Swimming/Natation Canada
100(10)
Athletics Canada
110(11)
Canadian Yachting Association
121(12)
6 United Kingdom 133(35)
Amateur Swimming Association
133(9)
UK Athletics
142(13)
Royal Yachting Association
155(13)
7 Conclusion 168(22)
Four areas of elite sport development
170(9)
Common themes in elite sport development
179(2)
Advocacy coalitions and elite sport policy change
181(9)
Notes 190(2)
References 192(19)
Index 211

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