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UNINA9910459490103321 |
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Titolo |
Participation in sport : international policy perspectives / / edited by Matthew Nicholson, Russell Hoye, and Barrie Houlihan |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-26573-9 |
1-135-26574-7 |
1-282-89874-4 |
9786612898747 |
0-203-87049-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HoulihanBarrie |
HoyeRussell <1966-> |
NicholsonMatthew |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sports and state |
Sports |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 England; 3 The Netherlands; 4 Germany; 5 Norway; 6 Hungary; 7 Bulgaria; 8 Finland; 9 South Africa; 10 India; 11 China; 12 Singapore; 13 Japan; 14 Australia; 15 New Zealand; 16 United States of America; 17 Canada; 18 Conclusion; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Although there is growing interest from governments in participation levels in sport, the extent to which governments actively promote 'sport for all' and their motives for doing so vary greatly. This is the first book to examine the sport participation policies of national governments across the world and to offer a comparative analysis of the motives for, and successes and failures of those policies.Organized around a series of sixteen national case studies, including the UK, the US, Australia, China and India, the book enables students and practitioners to |
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