Handbook on Public Policy and Sport

Internationally renowned experts provide a comprehensive yet accessible analysis of the regulatory issues impacting current and future sporting practices. Through a rules-based approach, this incisive Handbook investigates the public governance of sport, policies that intersect with sport operations and how public and sport policy making is stimulated. Contributing authors examine sport in the context of modernization, rationalization and broader societal trends of increased regulation. The Handbook explores key sports issues, including gambling, commercial rights and licensing, as well as the role of democracy, transparency and equality. Chapters bring together theoretical approaches and empirical examples from geographically and professionally diverse contexts to present a cross-disciplinary understanding of the ramifications of the perpetual increase in rules for sport. From integrity and autonomy to sustainability and accountability, the Handbook provides insights into pressing issues that will shape the development of sport in the near future.This Handbook is an essential resource for scholars and students of sport policy, sport management, sociology of sport and sports law. Sport policymakers and practitioners will also benefit from its astute insights and actionable recommendations.