Sport and Public Policy Social, Political, and Economic Perspectives

Sport and Public Policy: Social, Political, and Economic Perspectives by Charles A Santo, Gerard C S Mildner
Language: English | 2010 | ISBN: 0736058710 | 267 pages | PDF | 4,4 MB
Sports figures, events, and organizations affect our society in vast, varied, and sometimes unexpected ways. To gain a broad-based understanding of how sport interfaces with public policy issues, a variety of viewpoints must be considered. Sport and Public Policy: Social, Political, and Economic Perspectives is the only text that examines some of the most compelling policy issues affecting the sports world from an interdisciplinary perspective-including economics, history, urban planning, not-for-profit administration, public health communications, political science, and philosophy. With contributions from a wide range of scholarly disciplines, this contemporary resource enhances traditional conversation and gives readers a fresh outlook on economic and political issues in sport.