This paper explores the former Eastern Bloc's (primarily the GDR and the Soviet Union)
supremacy in developing elite sporting excellence and traces the 'flow'of elements of such …

This paper reviews the emergence of 'sport'as a sector of public policy interest from the
1960s to 2002. Central to the paper is the manifestation of 'elite sport development'as a key …

Every successful sports coach knows that good teaching and social practices are just as
important as expertise in sports skills and tactics. Now in a fully revised and updated fourth …

Consuming Sport offers a detailed consideration of how sport is experienced and engaged
with in the everyday lives, social networks and consumer patterns of its followers. It …

Coaching is a central feature of sport at all levels. This groundbreaking new text is the first to
offer a comprehensive introduction to the conceptual issues that underpin sports coaching …

Sports Tourism: Participants, Policy and Providers is an unparalleled text that explains
sports tourism as a social, economic and cultural phenomenon that stems from the unique …

Social theories of the body have exerted an enormous influence on the social sciences and
humanities in the past two decades. From being a subject of marginal academic interest, the …

Elite Sport Development addresses important sport policy questions and explores the
emergence, development and current status of elite sport development policy with detailed …

This book offers a distinctive introduction to understanding the position of sport in consumer
society. Drawing on recent developments in sociological theory and research, particularly in …

Tackling social exclusion should be a central aim of any civilised social policy. In this
meticulously revised and updated new edition of his groundbreaking study, Sport and Social …