Sport Policy Across the United Kingdom

<p>This book provides a comparative analysis of sport and physical activity policies, processes, and practices across the home nations (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) of the United Kingdom.</p><p>Drawing upon in-depth analysis by internationally recognised experts within the sport policy and management field, and applying a novel analytical framework, this book offers the first comprehensive intra-country comparison of the most significant features of the sporting infrastructure across the home nations. With chapters focusing on each of the four nations in detail, followed by a comparative chapter that identifies themes regarding the evolution of sport policy across the UK, the book examines the differences and similarities across elite, community, and school sport policy. It provides an important insight into how sport policy interacts with national and devolved political structures and with sociocultural factors to drive both elite sporting success and community sport development.</p><p>This book is essential reading for any student, researcher, policymaker or sport practitioner with an interest in sport policy, sport development, sport management, public policy, or politics.</p> <p>1 Introduction </p><p>MATHEW DOWLING, SPENCER HARRIS, AND CHRIS MACKINTOSH</p><p>2 Sport Policy in England </p><p>IAIN LINDSEY AND DANIEL BLOYCE</p><p>3 Sport Policy in Scotland </p><p>GRANT JARVIE</p><p>4 Sport Policy in Wales </p><p>NICOLA BOLTON</p><p>5 Sport Policy in Northern Ireland </p><p>KYLE FERGUSON, PAUL DONNELLY, ROBERT HEYBURN, AND SIMON SHIBLI</p><p>6 Conclusion </p><p>MATHEW DOWLING, SPENCER HARRIS, AND CHRIS MACKINTOSH</p><p>Appendix 1 Sport policy Across the United Kingdom: A comparative analysis </p><p>Appendix 2 Sport Policy Across the United Kingdom (SPATUK) – Systematic Review</p>