Understanding sport clubs as sport policy implementers: A theoretical framework for the analysis of the implementation of central sport policy through local and voluntary sport organizations

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-200

  Skille, Eivind Å ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Norwegian case; Policy implementation; Sport clubs; Theoretical framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049123850     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690208096035     Document Type: Article

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