Sports Development, 2nd Edition: Policy, Process And Practice

SPORTS DEVELOPMENT Sports development is an important emerging field of academic study with a distinct contribution to make to wider social, cultural, economic and education policies and practices. Sports Development: Policy, Process and Practice provides a detailed, authoritative and dependable guide to all aspects of the subject. This popular course text examines the roles of those working in and around sports development and explores how professionals can devise better and more effective ways of promoting interest, participation or performance in sport. Now in its second edition, Sports Development has been updated to include discussion of contemporary debates about mass participation, social inclusion, talent development, the Olympic Games, elite performance and policy evaluation. It includes chapters covering: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Sports policy Developing ‘Sport for All?’: inequality and inclusion Community sports development PE and school sport Sports development and health Resourcing sports development Sports development and sports coaching Researching and evaluating sports development Sports Development: Policy, Process and Practice represents an invaluable resource for university and further education students, researchers and those working in sports development and should be essential reading for all those wanting to prove themselves effective in this area. Kevin Hylton is Senior Lecturer in Sport and Recreation Development in the Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education, Leeds Metropolitan University. Peter Bramham is Reader in Sport and Leisure Policy at the Carnegie Research Institute, Leeds Metropolitan University. SPORTS DEVELOPMENT Policy, process and practice Second edition EDITED BY KEVIN HYLTON AND PETER BRAMHAM First published 2001 This second edition published 2008 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2007 “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2008 selection and editorial matter Kevin Hylton and Peter Bramham; individual chapters © the contributors All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publi