This important new text address a range of issues central to understanding the character of sports development, from organisation and strategy within the public

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Offering a complete introduction to sport development policy and practice, this book covers key theory, themes, issues, and debates in sport development, withou

This is a cutting-edge text which responds to the increasing importance of sport policy and its relation to public investment.

When originally published in 1991 this was the first book to tackle the UK policy process of sport and to provide a political science analysis of some of the ke