Australian Sport - Better by Design? : The Evolution of Australian Sport Policy

ISBN-13: 9780415340472 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 224 str.

Bob Stewart; Matthew Nicholson; Aaron Smith

Opis

Sport Policy in Australia reviews and critiques the development of elite and community sport policy in Australia with an emphasis on contemporary sport and recent history but with an evolutionary perspective looking back as far as the 1920s. The authors contextualise national policy in terms of the particular Australian political, economic and cultural environment, and identify critical policy shifts in the evolution of Australian sport policy. Original research and selected case studies are used to explore four distinct policy areas: Sport development for elite and community participants Intervention in sport's organisation, management and administration 'Fair play' policies and anti-doping initiatives 'Social capital' development for improving community health and welfare. This book provides a much-needed resource for students and professionals wishing to research the Australian experience.

Recenzje

'This book is a welcome addition to the sport studies literature as it is the first ... attempt to synthesize Australia's sporting achievements from a public policy perspective.  ... It provides a number of instructive insights that have perhaps been masked by the "shadow" of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games; insights, moreover, that may well inform other countries' and other governments' sport policy interventions.  ...  Given Australia's prominence as a global sporting success story and the lack of specific policy-related material that maps out the evolution of federal government involvement in this story, the book should appeal to academics, undergraduate students, policymakers and sport development practitioners.' - Mick Green, European Sport Management Quarterly, March 2005

Spis treści

Section 1 - Context 1. Sport and Australian Society 2. Sport Policy Foundations Section 2 -Evolution 3. Benign Indifference: 1920-1971 4. Crash-through: 1972-1982 5. Augmentation: 1983-1996 6. Integration: 1996-2003 Section 3 - Practice 7. Backing Australia's Sporting Ability: themes and assumptions 8. Elite Sport Development : Targeting High Performance 9. Community Sport Development: Targeting Participation 10. Junior Sport Development: Pathways and Retention 11. Management Improvements in Sport: Performance Measurement 12. Fair Play in Sport: Drugs, Discrimination, Disadvantage and Disability 13. Regulating Sport. The Case of Sport Broadcasting section 4 - Evaluation 14. How should outcomes be monitored and measured? 15. What does it all mean?

O autorze

Stewart, Bob; Nicholson, Matthew; Smith, Aaron; Westerbeek, Hans