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1. Routledge Handbook of Sport Policy

   Edited by Ian Henry, Ling-Mei Ko

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   It is difficult to fully understand the role that sport plays in contemporary global society without understanding how and why governments, NGOs and other organizations formulate and implement policy relating to sport. The Routledge Handbook of Sport Policy is the only book to offer a comprehensive...

   To Be Published July 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Transnational and Comparative Research in Sport

   Globalisation, Governance and Sport Policy

   Edited by Ian Henry

   The wider adoption of a post-modern understanding of truth and knowledge, an acceptance of the prevalence of Orientalism inherent in much Western research, and the diminished significance of the ‘local’ within the rhetoric of globalization have all combined to constrain comparative and...

   Published November 6th 2009 by Routledge
3. Sport in the City

   The Role of Sport in Economic and Social Regeneration

   Edited by Chris Gratton, Ian Henry

   Cities now seek to attract major sporting events and activities to re-image themselves, and frequently invest in community sports development to fund economic growth and regeneration. Including a range of case-studies from global (the Sydney Olympics) to local (urban school sports), this book ...

   Published April 25th 2001 by Routledge