Examining sports development / ed. by Mike Collins
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TextPublication details: Abingdon : Routledge, 2010Description: xxiv, 327 s. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780415339902 (pbk.)
- 0415339901 (pbk.)
- 796.06 COL
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 796.06 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100531236 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Sports development takes place in continually evolving - and expanding - territory. If new policies are to be implemented effectively, it is vital to understand how development policy translates into the real world. Until now no single text has examined how sports development policies are implemented and experienced 'at the coal face' of community and performance sport.
As well as critical analysis of models and concepts in sports development, Examining Sports Development presents original case studies from practising sports development professionals working in a variety of areas, including:
national and regional policy school sport talent identification and development sports club development coach development sport and social inclusion sports and crime prevention sports and health promotion.Sports development is evolving as a profession, especially in matters of education and training. This book encourages critical reflection, pointing the way to accountable policymaking and a long-term future for sports development professionals. It is essential reading for all students and practitioners working in sports development.
1. The origins of sports development: the 1960s to the mid 1970s 2. The mid 1970s to the early 1990s: sports development comes of age 3. The early 1990s to 1997: welfare restructuring and Major\'s sporting glory 4. New Labour: the reinvigoration of sport development 5. Sports development in four local authorities 6. Sports development in four national governing bodies of sport 7. Development of sport and / or development through sport?
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Mike Collins was a Senior Lecturer in Recreation Management at Loughborough University for over ten years before 'retiring' to part-time work in Sports Development and Faith Communities at the University of Gloucestershire. Prior to holding this position he founded andnbsp;then directed the Institute of Sportnbsp;and Recreation Planningnbsp;and Management at the same university fornbsp;five years.