Table Of ContentRoutledge 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
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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
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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
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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
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