Governmentality, modernization, and the "Disciplining" of national sporting organizations: Athletics in Australia and the United Kingdom

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-71

  Green, Mick ^a   Houlihan, Barrie ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748768752     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: 15432785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.23.1.47     Document Type: Article

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