Foundations of Sport Development | Sport & Leisure

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Offering a complete introduction to sport development policy and practice this book covers key theory themes issues and debates in sport development without assuming any prior knowledge on the part of the reader. It outlines the organisational landscape of sport in the UK and explains important differences across England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland as well as the global context. Examining both community and elite sport it covers public private and third sectors including national and local government and national governing bodies and considers change – cultural managerial social and political – as an element of sport development policy strategy and operations. Every chapter includes…