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The article discusses the increasing involvement of governments in sport policy and politics in various countries. It compares the sport policy-making process and government investment in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and North America. The issues addressed include the administrative framework for sport, the division of responsibility between different levels of government, and how policy-making has addressed problems such as drug abuse in athletes and the provision of sport and physical education in schools.
In recent years, across a broad range of countries, sport has been transformed from an essentially private, politically marginal social activity to an important concern of government. This text is a comparative analysis of sport policy making, and the motives for investment by governments in five countries - Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and North America.;Some of the issues raised in this book include: the process of sport policy-making; the administrative framework for sport: the responsibilities of central or federal governments, state governments and local authorities; the division of responsibility between different levels of government; how policy making has addressed the topical problems of drug abuse in athletes, and the provision of sport and physical education in schools
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