Participation in sport and physical activity in head. The interests of the policy actors are identified and the role of two key organizations, the council of europe and the international olympic. A nonparticipation in sport at secondary school level questionnaire was developed to measure the. Download pdf durham research online durham university. Request pdf on apr 11, 2011, mike collins and others published participation in sport. International journal of sport management, recreation. Any lingering doubt about the extant relationship between sport, foreign policy and international relations should be removed by news that. It was carried out with a group of grade 9 to 12 learners who do not participate in sport at secondary schools in black townships. Keywords sport medicine, prevention, management, cancer, exercise. All journal articles featured in international journal of sport policy and politics vol 12 issue 1. This study was aimed at finding reasons for nonparticipation in sport by black learners at secondary school level. This seems to produce somewhat of a mismatch between wider policy discourse and local sport policy. Issues and challenges introduction declining levels of sport participation has been a worrying issue internationally in recent years due to the links between physical inactivity and healthrelated issues, such. The international olympic committee and the olympic system.
Pdf international comparisons of sports participation in. Sport medicine in the prevention and management of cancer ncbi. This is the first book to examine the sport participation policies of national governments. International journal of sport policy and politics. In accordance with its multiyear programme of work for 20012006, the commission on the status of women csw will consider equal participation of women and men in. This paper looks back to an international comparative study of sports participation in seven european countries that was carried out in the late 1990s, compass 1999. International studies of sport policy are important for, at least, two reasons. Methodology manual 3 foreword as the international community. Sammut, l, fraser, lr, ward, mj, singh, t, patel, nn. His main research areas focus on the governance of sports organizations, the impacts of public policy on sport and the engagement of volunteers in sport. Principles and applications 2009, sport and social capital 2008 and sport governance 2007.
Barrie houlihan is professor of sport policy in the institute of sport and leisure policy in the school of sport, health and exercise sciences at loughborough university, uk. With contributions from many of the worlds leading experts on sports policy and sports development, this book is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the role of sport in national and international society, and within government. Sport participation is commonly advocated by policy makers to. Sport medicine in the prevention and management of cancer hao. He has written widely on many aspects of sport policy including doping, sport development, theorizing the sport policy process and sport and young people.
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