Sport policy in Britain / / Barrie Houlihan and Iain Lindsey

• Autore: Houlihan Barrie
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4/830941
• Soggetto topico: Sports and state - Great Britain; Sports administration - Great Britain; Sports - Social aspects - Great Britain
• Classificazione: SPO019000SPO000000POL028000
• Persona (resp. second.): LindseyIain
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Sport Policy in Britain; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 The Framework for Analysis; 2 John Major's Conservative Governments; 3 From New Labour's Modernisation to the Coalition's Big Society; 4 The Impact of Devolution on Sport Policy; 5 Elite Success and/or Increased Participation; 6 The Forgotten Partner: Local Government; 7 Youth Sport; 8 Continuity and Change in British Sport Policy; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Since 1990, Britain has seen a period of unprecedented public investment in, and political commitment to, sport. In this book, Iain Lindsey and Barrie Houlihan examine and analyze sport policy since the appointment of John Major as leader of the Conservative Party in 1990. John Major's period as Prime Minister was a watershed in British sport policy marking the beginning of a prolonged period of public and lottery investment and relatively high political salience. The text also locates Labour sport policy not only in relation to the previous government of John Major, but also in rela
• Titolo autorizzato: Sport policy in Britain
• ISBN: 1-136-20593-4; 0-203-09427-1; 1-283-84439-7; 1-136-20594-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786443103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society