Knowledge, power and politics: Contesting 'evidence-based' national sport policy

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-101

  Piggin, Joe ^a   Jackson, Steven J ^b   Lewis, Malcolm ^b  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Evidence; Foucault; Governmentality; New Zealand; Public polic; Sport and recreation

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449099540     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690209102825     Document Type: Article

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