"Sport, Policy and Politics" is a genuinely comparative analysis of sport policy-making 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.

1. Comparing policy for sport and recreation, 2. Government, sport and policy-making, 3. Patterns of government involvement in sport, 4. Sub-national government, 5. National sports organisations, 6. Doping and sport, 7. Sport and physical education in schools, 8. Conclusion