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Sport and politics in modern Britain : the road to 2012
- Title
- Sport and politics in modern Britain : the road to 2012 / Kevin Jefferys.
- Author
- Jefferys, Kevin.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 316 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Kevin Jefferys provides the first comprehensive historical account of the greatly increased interaction between sport and politics in Britain since World War Two. Jefferys sets sport within the changing socio-political context and balances an appreciation of continuity and change from the London Olympics of 1948 to those of 2012"--
- Series Statement
- British studies series
- Uniform Title
- British studies series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
- Subjects
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- Sports > Political aspects > Great Britain
- Olympic Games (30th : 2012 : London, England)
- SPORTS & RECREATION / General
- Sports and state > Great Britain
- Sports > Social aspects > Great Britain
- Sports > Great Britain > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: -- AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction Sport and Politics in Austerity Britain, 1945-51Britain in the World of Sport,1951-59The Impact of the Wolfenden Report, 1960-64Creating and Running the Sports Council, 1964-67"Ballyhoo" about Sport in the Late 1960sBattling for "Sport and Recreation" in the 1970sThe Olympics and International SportThe 1980s: "Years of Concern"Raising the Game, 1990-97Regions and LocalitiesNew Labour and Sport, 1997-2010Epilogue: Towards 2012Chronology of Main EventsNotes Select Bibliography Index.
- Call Number
- JFD 12-5240
- ISBN
- 9780230291874 (pbk.)
- 0230291872 (pbk.)
- 9780230291867
- 0230291864
- LCCN
- 2012024483
- OCLC
- YBP 2012024483
- Author
- Jefferys, Kevin.
- Title
- Sport and politics in modern Britain : the road to 2012 / Kevin Jefferys.
- Imprint
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Series
- British studies seriesBritish studies series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-5240