Participation in Sport: International Policy

The governments of most developed nations now have policies aimed at increasing the levels of sport participation within their respective societies. This is the first book to examine the participation policies of national governments across the world and to offer a comparative analysis of the successes and failures of those policies.

Matthew Nicholson is Associate Professor of Sport Management in the Centre for Sport and Social Impact at La Trobe University, Australia. Russell Hoye is Professor of Sport Management and Director of the Centre for Sport and Social Impact at La Trobe University, Australia. Barrie Houlihan is Professor of Sport Policy in the Institute of Sport and Leisure Policy in the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences at Loughborough University, UK.

List of figures	p. vii
List of tables	p. viii
Notes on contributors	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
England	p. 10
The Netherlands	p. 25
Germany	p. 42
Norway	p. 69
Hungary	p. 76
Bulgaria	p. 91
Finland	p. 109
South Africa	p. 126
India	p. 143
China	p. 160
Singapore	p. 183
Japan	p. 209
Australia	p. 223
New Zealand	p. 238
United States of America	p. 254
Canada	p. 268
Conclusion	p. 294
Index	p. 309
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