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 sport p...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan
2017, 2017
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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; KoenBreedveld 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