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Sport Policy and Politics in an Era of Austerity, EPUB eBook

Sport Policy and Politics in an Era of Austerity EPUB

Edited by Dan Parnell, Peter Millward, Paul A. Widdop, Neil King, Anthony May

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Austerity is perhaps the major challenge of our times, given the speed at which it arrived and the consequences of its impact upon society.

The global financial crash and economic downturn was the catalyst for change and, against a backdrop of advice from experts adverse to Keynesian economics, the ideology of austerity grew and became the dominant thinking to steer economies out of recession. This comprehensive volume draws upon both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to provide a varied and contextually rich insight into sport, policy, and politics in an era of austerity.

The authors cover a wide range of issues in a variety of organisational contexts and geographies, including sports participation across different socio-demographic groups; the impact of austerity on the provision of community sports; disability sport; public management of sport facilities; the performance of public sport facilities with respect to access, finance, utilisation, and customer satisfaction; the potential impact of austerity on sport for development; elite sport; and social inclusion and poverty. This book makes a significant contribution to the current academic debate, while raising important considerations for policymakers and managers.

It was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics.

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