Implementing Sport Policy

Auteur

Marc Keech is Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK, teaching and researching Sport Policy and Sport Management. Marc has acted as a consultant and researcher for a range of organisations for 30 years. A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Marc was the Higher Education (HE) representative on the national CIMSPA (the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity) Professional Development Board from 2018 to 2020. He has been the HE representative on the Professional Development Committee for Community Sport since 2021.

Iain Lindsey is Associate Professor in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University, UK. Iain's research has primarily examined sport policy and development, especially youth sport policy in the UK and the use of sport for development in Africa. This research has been undertaken at both global and national levels as well as in a variety of local and community contexts. Iain's research is underpinned by theories and methodologies from the fields of political science and international development.

John Hayton is Assistant Professor in Sport Development in the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation at Northumbria University, UK. John's research has coalesced around the policy, delivery and management of sport in and by the non-profit and voluntary sector. John has published widely in areas such as sport volunteering, sport-based interventions, austerity and sport, and the role and management of non-profit organisations in the delivery of sport, physical activity and physical recreation.

Texte du rabat

This book critically examines the roles and contributions of different organisations in the implementation of sport policy in the UK, and therefore provides an important guide to the complexities of implementing sport policy and of achieving policy goals through, and for, sport.

Contenu

1 Introduction

IAIN LINDSEY, MARC KEECH AND JOHN HAYTON

2 National Sports Agencies

PIPPA CHAPMAN

Practitioner Reflection and Insights: Andy J Reed OBE

3 National Governing Bodies of Sport

MATHEW DOWLING AND SPENCER HARRIS

Practitioner Reflection and Insights: Ian Freeman

4 The Active Partnerships

MARC KEECH AND JACK WILKINSON

Practitioner Reflection and Insights: Maxine Rhodes

5 Local Authorities and the Implementation of Sport Policy

JANINE PARTINGTON, STEPHEN ROBSON AND LOUISE MORBY

Practitioner Reflection and Insights: Katy Bowden

6 Public Health Agencies and Policy Implementation in Sport and Physical Activity: Re-thinking Partnerships and Priorities

PHIL BROWN AND AARON BEACOM

Practitioner Reflection and Insights: Dwain Morgan

7 Implementation of Equality Policies: From Legislation to Lived Practices

LAUREN KAMPERMAN AND A. J. RANKIN-WRIGHT

Practitioner Reflection and Insights: Kirsty Clarke

8 Sporting Charities and Non-sporting Community Agencies

KATE MORI

Practitioner Reflection and Insights: Kevin McPherson

9 Schools

HELEN IVES

Practitioner Reflection and Insights: Alan Watkinson

10 Voluntary Sports Clubs

ANDREW ADAMS

Practitioner Reflection and Insights: Daniel Edson

11 Professional Football Clubs and Policy Implementation and Enactment

JIMMY O'GORMAN

Practitioner Reflection and Insights (1): Steve Williams and Louise Edwards

Practitioner Reflection and Insights (2): Paul Morrison

12 Conclusions: Learning Lessons from Implementing Sport Policy

JOHN HAYTON, IAIN LINDSEY AND MARC KEECH