Centralized grassroots sport policy and 'new governance': A case study of county sports partnerships in the UK - unpacking the paradox

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-281

  Phillpots, Lesley ^a   Grix, Jonathan ^a   Quarmby, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'new' governance; County Sport Partnerships; grassroots sport policy; UK sport policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051936314     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690210378461     Document Type: Article

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