Sport Policy Systems and Sport Federations : A Cross-National Perspective

This book explores the organisation and structure of sport in and beyond Europe. Drawing upon up-to-date data, the collection's main focus lies on the relationship between public sport policy structures and sport (con)federations. The authors present thirteen country-specific contexts wherein sp...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Scheerder, Jeroen (Editor), Willem, Annick (Editor), Claes, Elien (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Sports.
Sports > Economic aspects.
Sports > Sociological aspects.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781137602220
DOI10.1057/978-1-137-60222-0
Physical DescriptionXVI, 334 p. 65 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Does it take two to tango? The position and power of national sport bodies compared to their public authorities; Jeroen Scheerder, Elien Claes and Annick Willem
  • 2. Australia: Evolution and motivators of national sport policy; Camilla Brockett
  • 3. Belgium: Flanders: Sport federations and governmental sport bodies; Elien Claes, Jeroen Scheerder, Annick Willem and Sandrine Billiet
  • 4. Canada: An evolving sport system; Lucie Thibault
  • 5. Denmark: The dissenting sports system in Europe; Bjarne Ibse
  • 6. Finland From steering to the evaluation of the effectiveness; Hanna Vehmas and Kalervo Ilmanen
  • 7. France Organisation of sport and policy towards sport federations; Nicolas Scelles
  • 8. Germany Autonomy, partnership and subsidiarity; Christoph Breuer and Tobias Nowy
  • 9. Lithuania Organisation and governance of sport; Vilma Čingiené
  • 10. The Netherlands How the interplay between federations and government helps build a sporting nation; Koen Breedveld and Remco Hoekman
  • 11. Slovenia Towards the social configuration of sport system; Gregor Jurak
  • 12. Spain Putting the pieces of the sport system in place - The role of the sport federations; Ramón Llopis-Goig
  • 13. Switzerland Organisation of sport and policy towards sport federations; Emmanuel Bayle
  • 14. UK: England National Governing Bodies of Sport and government agencies; Vassil Girginov
  • 15. Conclusion The role of sport policies and governmental support in the capacity building of sport federations; Annick Willem and Jeroen Scheerder .

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