Since 1990, Britain has seen a period of unprecedented public investment in, and political commitment to, sport. This book provides the first analysis that examines sport policy as a field of government and that discusses how the various sectors (e.g. youth/school sport, mass sport, etc) have been affected by government and the competition for public resources.

1. The Framework for Analysis 2. John Major's Conservative Governments 3. From New Labour's Modernisation to the Coalition's Big Society 4. The Impact of Devolution on Sport Policy 5. Elite Success and/or Increased Participation 6. The Forgotten Partner - Local Government 7. Youth Sport 8. Continuity and Change in British Sport Policy

Iain Lindsey is Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Southampton.

Barrie Houlihan is Professor of Sport Policy at Loughborough University.