Policy, Politics and Path Dependency: Sport Development in Australia and Finland

Sport Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-251

  Green, Mick ^a   Collins, Shane ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

elite sport development; path dependency; sport development; Sport for All

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049131572     PISSN: 14413523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1441-3523(08)70111-6     Document Type: Article

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