International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics: Country Profiles

Abstract

Our collection of Country Profiles offers a unique resource for scholars of sports studies more widely. To date we have over 30 Country Profiles from such diverse states as India, China, Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Iran, Venezuela, Australia, Cameroon, Lebanon, Jamaica, and several countries in Africa (Uganda, Kenya and Zambia). Common to all is a brief history of government involvement in sport; the current administrative structure and funding of sport in the country; the significance of the not-for-profit and commercial sectors involved in sport; the current public policy priorities and funding trends and the key contemporary or emerging issues or debates in sport policy. They also flag up any political issues around the provision of sport in the cases chosen.