Sports policy development and implementation in context: Researching and understanding the perceptions of community end-users

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 743-760

  Donaldson, Alex ^a   Leggett, Susan ^b   Finch, Caroline F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

community club perspective; first aid; implementation context; policy; safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870603678     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690211422009     Document Type: Article

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