ABSTRACT Research Question: In recent years the comparative sport policy field has
become dominated by the 'SPLISS'approach developed by De Bosscher and colleagues …

Sport and physical activity is an area of study that is, as Brustad (2009) notes, particularly
suited to qualitative research. There has, undoubtedly, been a significant growth in interest …

Since the 1990s, sport policy research has gradually attracted increasing academic attention
as a reflection of contemporary society at a particular time. This study adopted four types of …

The idea for this book was prompted by what I saw to be a gap in how we think about sports
policy. Despite cross-border travel, communication and consumption being key parts of our …

In school sport the professionalisation of sport has reached the domain of school sport as a
grassroots incubator for sporting talent and for providing positive experiences that might …

The success of a country's elite sport success tends to be concentrated on specific sports or
specific events. Additionally, as the predictive value of macro-level factors (eg population …

This paper discusses the utility of mixed methods research in international comparative
studies on elite sport policies and (quantitative) composite indicators (CIs) in particular. It …

Sports represent an undeniable value associated with people's health and leisure time.
Therefore, research on sports management related to the overall setting of a sustainable …

Although many organizations around the world have engaged in corporate social
responsibility (CSR) programing, there is little evidence of social impact. This is a …

While the results of nations in international sport competitions are most often used as an
evaluation of effectiveness of elite sport policies, they do not take into account the long-term …