Sport Policy and Politics in an Era of Austerity

ISBN-13: 9780367661632 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 228 str.

Dan Parnell; Peter Millward; Paul A. Widdop

Opis

This comprehensive volume draws upon quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to provide insight into sport, policy and politics in an era of austerity, in a variety of organisational contexts and geographies. It was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics.

Spis treści

1. Sport policy and politics in an era of austerity Daniel Parnell, Peter Millward, Paul Widdop, Neil King and Anthony May  2. Austerity, policy and sport participation in England Paul Widdop, Neil King, Daniel Parnell, David Cutts and Peter Millward  3. Emerging third-sector sports organisations and navigating uncertainty in an ‘era of austerity’: a single ethnographic case study from Liverpool James Andrew Kenyon, Carolynne Mason and Joel Rookwood  4. An analysis of third sector sport organisations in an era of ‘super-austerity’ Catherine M Walker and John W. Hayton  5. The organisational performance of national disability sport organisations during a time of austerity: a resource dependence theory perspective Christopher Brown and Athanasios (Sakis) Pappous  6. Public management of sports facilities in times of austerity Evald Bundgaard Iversen  7. The performance of local authority sports facilities in England during a period of recession and austerity Girish Ramchandani, Simon Shibli and Shia Ping Kung  8. Managing budget cuts in Edinburgh’s sport and recreation services: progressive localism in a resilient local authority? Gavin Reid  9. From welfare state to participation society? Austerity measures and local sport policy in the Netherlands Remco Hoekman, Jan-Willem van der Roest and Hugo van der Poel  10. ‘Adopt an athlete for Rio 2016’: the impact of austerity on the Greek elite sport system Dimitra Papadimitriou and Konstantinos Alexandris  11. ‘It’s just a Trojan horse for gentrification’: austerity and stadium-led regeneration Mark Panton and Geoff Walters  12. Is sport for development already an anachronism in the age of austerity or can it be a space of hope? Tony Rossi and Ruth Jeanes  13. The impact of austerity on poverty and sport participation: mind the knowledge gap Reinhard Haudenhuyse

O autorze

Dan Parnell is a Senior Lecturer in Business Management and Applied Researcher in Sport Business within the Sport Policy Unit at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Peter Millward is a Reader in Sociology at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. His research interests explore sport, social movements, and relational sociology, and the intersections between them.

Paul Widdop is a Senior Research Fellow in Sport Business in the School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University, UK.

Neil King is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Development and Management in the Department of Sport and Physical Activity at Edge Hill University, Lancashire, UK. Neil’s research interests include local authority sport and leisure services and non-profit sector sport governance.

Anthony May is Lecturer in Sport Management at Coventry University Business School, UK.