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Routledge Handbook of Sports Development Sports development has become a prominent concern within both the academic study of sport andwithintheorganisationandadministrationofsport.TheRoutledgeHandbookofSportsDevelop- mentisthefirstbooktocomprehensivelymapthewide-rangingterritoryofsportsdevelopment asanactivityandasapolicyfield,andtoofferadefinitivesurveyofcurrentacademicknowledge and professional practice. Spanning the whole spectrum of activity in sports development, from youth sport and mass participation to the development of elite athletes, the book identifies and defines the core functions of sports development, exploring the interface between sports development and cognate fields such as education, coaching, community welfare and policy. The book presents important new studies of sports development around the world, illustrating the breadth of practice within and between countries, and examines the most important issues facing practitioners within sports development today, from child protection to partnership working. With unparalleled depth and breadth of coverage, the Routledge Handbook of Sports Develop- ment is the definitive guide to policy, practice and research in sports development. It is essential reading for all students, researchers and professionals with an interest in this important and rapidly evolving field. Barrie Houlihan is Professor of Sport Policy in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, UK. Mick Green was a Senior Lecturer in Sport Policy and Management in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, UK. Routledge Handbook of Sports Development Edited by Barrie Houlihan and Mick Green Firstpublished2011 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,Oxon,OX144RN SimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanada byRoutledge 270MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2011. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk. ©2011BarrieHoulihanandMickGreen Therightoftheeditortobeidentifiedastheauthoroftheeditorialmaterial,andof theauthorsfortheirindividualchapters,hasbeenassertedinaccordancewithsections77 and78oftheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedinany formorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented, includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem, withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN 0-203-88558-9 Master e-book ISBN ISBN13: 978-0-415-47996-7 hbk ISBN13:978-0-415-47995-0pbk ISBN13:978-0-203-88558-1ebook To Mick Green Contents List of illustrations xii Preface xvi Introduction 1 Barrie Houlihan PART1 The influences on sports development 5 Introduction: The constraints of history 5 Barrie Houlihan 1 Sports development in the nineteenth-century British public schools 9 Martin Polley 2 Jewish and Christian movements and sport 20 Andrew R. Meyer 3 Sports development, nations and nationalism 31 Alan Bairner 4 The military, sport and physical training 42 Tony Mason PART2 The contemporary context of sports development 51 Introduction: Government and civil society involvement in sports development 51 Barrie Houlihan vii Contents 5 Volunteering and sport 55 Peter Donnelly and Jean Harvey 6 Sports development and social capital 72 Andrew Adams 7 Sports development and disability 87 Andy Smith and David Haycock 8 Sport and social integration 100 Kevin Hylton 9 The importance of culture: Sport and development in the Arab World – between tradition and modernity 114 Mahfoud Amara PART3 Sports development and young people 127 Introduction: Socialisation through sport 127 Barrie Houlihan 10 Sports development and young people in England 131 Lesley Phillpots 11 The development of sport and youth in France 143 Jean-Luc Lhéraud, Bernard Meurgey and Patrick Bouchet 12 The development of youth sport in Sweden 160 Bo Carlsson and Susanna Hedenborg 13 Beyond the facade: Youth sport development in the United States and the illusion of syne rgy 173 Matthew T. Bowers, Laurence Chalip and B. Christine Green 14 Sports development and young people in Taiwan 184 Tien-Chin Tan and Chih-Fu Cheng 15 Sports development and young people: The role of international organizations 198 Roland Naul and Jan Holze PART4 Sports development and adult mass participation 213 Introduction: The neglect of adult participation 213 Barrie Houlihan viii Contents 16 Sport and adult mass participation in England 217 Marc Keech 17 Sports development and adult participation in New Zealand 231 Shane Collins 18 Sports development and adult sport participation in Canada 243 Lucie Thibault 19 Sports development and adult mass participation in Japan 253 Mayumi Ya-Ya Yamamoto 20 Sports development and adult mass participation: The roles of international organisations 267 Ian Henry PART5 Sport and international development 281 Introduction: The unproven remedy 281 Tess Kay 21 Sport in international development: Facilitating improved standard of living? 285 Roger Levermore 22 Development through sport? Sport in support of female empowerment in Delhi, India 308 Tess Kay 23 Sport in action: Young people, sex education and HIV/AIDS in Zambia 323 Davies Banda 24 Right To Play: Sustaining development through sport 337 Aaron Beacom and Lorna Read 25 A postcolonial feminist approach to gender, development and Edusport 353 Lyndsay Hayhurst, Margaret MacNeill and Wendy Frisby PART6 Sports development and elite athletes 367 Introduction: The irresistible priority 367 Barrie Houlihan ix
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