Sport and Politics in Modern Britain: The Road to 2012

ISBN-13: 9780230291874 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 328 str.

Kevin Jefferys

Opis

Kevin Jefferys provides the first comprehensive historical account of the greatly increased interaction between sport and politics in Britain since World War Two. Jefferys sets sport within the changing socio-political context and balances an appreciation of continuity and change from the London Olympics of 1948 to those of 2012.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Sport and Politics in Austerity Britain, 1945-51 Britain in the World of Sport,1951-59 The Impact of the Wolfenden Report, 1960-64 Creating and Running the Sports Council, 1964-67 'Ballyhoo' about Sport in the Late 1960s Battling for 'Sport and Recreation' in the 1970s The Olympics and International Sport The 1980s: 'Years of Concern' Raising the Game, 1990-97 Regions and Localities New Labour and Sport, 1997-2010 Epilogue: Towards 2012 Chronology of Main Events Notes Select Bibliography Index.

O autorze

KEVIN JEFFERYS Professor of Contemporary History at Plymouth University, UK. His publications include works of political history such as Retreat from New Jerusalem: British Politics, 1951-1964 (in the British Studies series), and he has also published articles on sporting themes in the journals Sport in History and the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Blurb

Sport has a huge social and cultural significance in contemporary Britain. This insightful study provides the first exploration of the causes and consequences of the increased interaction between sport and the state since 1945.

Kevin Jefferys sets policy towards sport within the evolving socio-political context of post-war Britain and balances an appreciation of continuity and change from the 'austerity Games' of 1948 through to the multi-billion pound extravaganza of the London 2012 Olympics. Ideal for students, historians, social scientists and sport enthusiasts alike, Sport and Politics in Modern Britain provides the fullest assessment yet of this important topic, bringing sport sharply into focus as a contested domain in public and political debate.