The most learner-friendly introduction to sport management ever published for students in higher education.

A collection of essays on marginalised accounts of sport, bringing to the fore an emerging field of discussion through theoretical debate from multidisciplinary perspectives.

A genuinely comparative analysis of sport policy -making in five countries - Australia, Canada, Ireland, the UK and North America. Focuses on issues such as drug abuse, government intervention and the provision of sport in schools.

Provides students of vocational aspects of sport and recreation with the knowledge and insight required to successfully enter the industry. This is a useful reading for the study of operational services and coaching, teaching and instruction courses. It provides an overall picture of working in recreation and sport.