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Sport and Politics in Modern Britain - Kevin Jefferys

Sport and Politics in Modern Britain

The Road to 2012

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Buch | Hardcover
328 Seiten
2012
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-230-29186-7 (ISBN)
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Kevin Jefferys provides the first comprehensive historical account of the greatly increased interaction between sport and politics in Britain since World War Two. Jefferys sets sport within the changing socio-political context and balances an appreciation of continuity and change from the London Olympics of 1948 to those of 2012.
Sport has a huge social and cultural significance in contemporary Britain. This insightful study provides the first exploration of the causes and consequences of the increased interaction between sport and the state since 1945.

Kevin Jefferys sets policy towards sport within the evolving socio-political context of post-war Britain and balances an appreciation of continuity and change from the 'austerity Games' of 1948 through to the multi-billion pound extravaganza of the London 2012 Olympics. Ideal for students, historians, social scientists and sport enthusiasts alike, Sport and Politics in Modern Britain provides the fullest assessment yet of this important topic, bringing sport sharply into focus as a contested domain in public and political debate.

KEVIN JEFFERYS Professor of Contemporary History at Plymouth University, UK. His publications include works of political history such as Retreat from New Jerusalem: British Politics, 1951-1964 (in the British Studies series), and he has also published articles on sporting themes in the journals Sport in History and the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Sport and Politics in Austerity Britain, 1945-51
Britain in the World of Sport,1951-59
The Impact of the Wolfenden Report, 1960-64
Creating and Running the Sports Council, 1964-67
'Ballyhoo' about Sport in the Late 1960s
Battling for 'Sport and Recreation' in the 1970s
The Olympics and International Sport
The 1980s: 'Years of Concern'
Raising the Game, 1990-97
Regions and Localities
New Labour and Sport, 1997-2010
Epilogue: Towards 2012
Chronology of Main Events
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index.

Reihe/Serie British Studies Series
British Studies Series
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Zeitgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10 0-230-29186-4 / 0230291864
ISBN-13 978-0-230-29186-7 / 9780230291867
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