Sports Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. Sport for Development

   What game are we playing?

   By Fred Coalter

   Sport is increasingly regarded as a powerful tool in international development. In this comprehensive introduction to the area of ‘sport-for-development’, leading researcher Fred Coalter critically evaluates the strengths and weaknesses and successes and failures of sport-for-development policies...

   Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
2. Inclusion and Exclusion Through Youth Sport

   Edited by Symeon Dagkas, Kathleen Armour

   Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

   'We can reach far more people through sport than we can through political or educational programmes. In that way, sport is more powerful than politics. We have only just started to use its potential to build up this country. We must continue to do so.' – Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela's...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
3. Youth Sport, Physical Activity and Play

   Policy, Intervention and Participation

   Edited by Andrew Parker, Don Vinson

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   Sport, physical activity and play are key constituents of social life, impacting such diverse fields as healthcare, education and criminal justice. Over the past decade, governments around the world have begun to place physical activity at the heart of social policy, providing increased...

   Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge
4. Sport Management in the Middle East

   A Case Study Analysis

   Edited by Mohammed Ben Sulayem, Sean O'Connor, David Hassan

   The Middle East is one of the fastest growing and significant markets in world sport, as well as a powerful source of investment in sport. Bids for the Olympics in 2020 and the soccer World Cup in 2022, as well as remarkable investments in Formula One motor racing, horse racing and English Premier...

   Published April 2nd 2013 by Routledge
5. Sport Development

   Policy, Process and Practice

   Edited by Kevin Hylton

   At a time of profound change in the economic, social, political and sporting landscape, sport development faces important challenges. Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Sport Development: Policy, Process and Practice is still the most detailed, authoritative and comprehensive guide...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
6. Doping and Anti-Doping Policy in Sport

   Ethical, Legal and Social Perspectives

   Edited by Mike McNamee, Verner Møller

   Series: Ethics and Sport

   The issue of doping has been the most widely discussed problem in sports ethics and is one of the most prominent issues across sports studies, the sports sciences and their constituent disciplines. This book adds uniquely to that catalogue of discourses by focusing on extant anti-doping policy and...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Anti-doping: Policy and Governance

   Edited by Barrie Houlihan, Mike McNamee

   The book addresses a series of key aspects of contemporary anti-doping policy. At the broader philosophical level, questions are asked about whether the scale of anti-doping activity and the intrusiveness of anti-doping policy in the lives of athletes is proportionate to the problem of doping....

   Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
8. Managing High Performance Sport

   Edited by Popi Sotiriadou, Veerle De Bosscher

   Series: Foundations of Sport Management

   How can managers design and implement effective high performance programmes in sport? What are the key challenges in managing elite athletes, sports people and teams? This is the first book to provide a comprehensive introduction to management practice, process and policy in elite and high...

   Published December 12th 2012 by Routledge
9. Sport Policy in Britain

   By Barrie Houlihan, Iain Lindsey

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   Since 1990, Britain has seen a period of unprecedented public investment in, and political commitment to, sport. In this book, Iain Lindsey and Barrie Houlihan examine and analyze sport policy since the appointment of John Major as leader of the Conservative Party in 1990. John Major’s period as...

   Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
10. Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

    Volume One: Making the Games

    Edited by Vassil Girginov

    The Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is an authoritative and comprehensive account of the world’s greatest sporting and cultural event. It tells the complete story of the 2012 Games from inception, through the successful bidding process and the planning and preparation phase...

    Published October 2nd 2012 by Routledge