Routledge Handbook of Sports Development Barrie Houlihan, Mick Green

Sports development has become a prominent concern within both the academic study of sport and within the organization and administration of sport. The Routledge Handbook of Sports Development is the first book to comprehensively map the wide-ranging territory of sports development as an activity and as a policy field, and to offer a definitive survey of current academic knowledge 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 Development 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.

1 Introduction Barrie Houlihan Part 1: Influences on sport development Introduction: The constraints of history Barrie Houlihan 2 Sports Development in the nineteenth-century British public schools Martin Polley 3 Jewish and Christian movements and sport Andrew Meyer 4 Sport Development, Nations and Nationalism Alan Bairner 5 The military and physical training Tony Mason Part 2: The contemporary context of sport development Introduction: Government and civil society involvement in sport development Barrie Houlihan 6 Volunteering and sport Peter Donnelly and Jean Harvey 7 Sport development and social capital Andrew Adams 8 Sport development and disability Andy Smith and David Haycock 9 Sport and social integration Kevin Hylton 10 The importance of culture: sport and development in the Arab World - between tradition and modernityMahfoud Amara Part 3: Sport development and young people Introduction: Socialisation through sport Barrie Houlihan 11 Sport development and young people in England Lesley Phillpots 12 The development of sport and youth in France Jean-Luc Lheraud, Bernard Meurgey and Patrick Bouchet 13 The development of youth sport in Sweden Bosse Carlsson and Sussanna Hedenborg 14 Beyond the facade: Youth sport in the United States and the illusion of synergy Matthew T. Bowers, Laurence Chalip, B. Christine Green 15 Sport development and young people in Taiwan Tien-Chin Tan and Chin-fu Cheng 16 Sport development and young people: The role of international organisations Roland Naul and Jan Holze Part 4: Sport development and adult mass participation Introduction: The neglect of adult participation Barrie Houlihan 17 Sport and adult mass participation in England Marc Keech 18 Sport development and adult participation in New Zealand Shane Collins 19 Sport development and adult sport participation in Canada Lucie Thibault 20 Sport development and adult participation in Japan Mayumi Yaya Yamamoto 21 Sport development and adult mass participation: The role of international organisations Ian Henry Part 5: Development through sport Introduction: Sport and international developemnt Tess Kay 22 Sport in international development: Facilitating improved standards of living? Roger Levermore 23 Development through sport? Sport in support of female empowerment in Delhi, India Tess Kay 24 International development through sport in Zambia Davies Banda 25 Right to Play: Sustaining development through sport Aaron Beacom and Lorna Read 26 A postcolonial feminist approach to sport, gender and development Lyndsay Hayhurst, Margaret McNeill and Wendy Frisby Part 6: Sport development and elite athletes Introduction: The irresistible priority Barrie Houlihan 27 High performance sport policy in the UK: An outline and critique Ian McDonald 28 Elite sport development in Denmark Bjarne Ibsen, Jorn Hansen and Rasmus Storm 29 Sport development and elite athletes in China Fan Hong 30 Sport development and elite athletes: The Australian experience Bob Stewart Part 7: Issues in the practice of sport development Introduction: Managing complexity and fluidity Barrie Houlihan 31 Issues in the management of voluntary sport organizations and volunteers John Schulz , Geoff Nichols and Christopher Auld 32 Child protection and sport development Celia Brackenridge and Hamish Telfer 33 Legal issues in sports development James T. Gray and John O'Leary 34 Sports development officers on sports development Daniel Bloyce and Ken Green 35 Sport development, sport coaching and domain specificity John Lyle 36 Health behaviour change through physical activity and sport Stuart J.H. Biddle and Charlie Foster 37 Partnership working and sport development Iain Lindsey 38 Funding and sustaining sport development Ian Jones 39 Market segmentation and the role of the public sector in sports development Paul Downward Part 8: Assessing the impact of sport development Introduction: The problems of policy evaluation Barrie Houlihan 40 Sport development's contribution to social policy objectives: The difficult relationship between politics and evidence Fred Coalter 41 Elite for all, all for elite? An assessment of the impact of sport development on elite sport success Veerle De Bosscher and Maarten van Bottenburg 42 An assessment of the impact of sport development on sport participation Maarten Van Bottenburg and Veerle De Bosscher

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.