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  • Leisure and Urban Processes

    Critical Studies of Leisure Policy in Western European Cities

    Edited by Peter Bramham, Ian Henry, Hans Mommaas, Hugo van der Poel ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies
    First published in 1989. Focusing on leisure and policy in West European cities, this interdisciplinary study is written by leading policy analysts and academics from six European Community states: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The emergence of leisure as a significant area of public policy in both developed and developing economies has been recognised ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Sport Policy

    Edited by Ian Henry, Ling-Mei Ko ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    It is difficult to fully understand the role that sport plays in contemporary global society without understanding how and why governments, NGOs and other organizations formulate and implement policy relating to sport. The Routledge Handbook of Sport Policy is the only book to offer a comprehensive overview of current perspectives, techniques and approaches to the analysis of sport policy around ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • Understanding Leisure

    by Les Haywood, Peter Bramham, John Spink, John Capenerhurst, Ian Henry, Frank Kew ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Leisure Studies
    First published in 1989. Understanding Leisure is a readable introductory analysis of the key elements in the study of leisure. This includes leisure concepts and dimensions of leisure, its activity forms, participants, provision, and leisure futures, leisure and social theory. A collaborative work of six authors, Understanding Leisure is a textbook which introduces the reader to the interrelated ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Poems of Imagination

    by Ian Henry Love ...
    These poems are the imaginings inside my head. Their ordering reflects my priorities. My family comes first. The time and place poems focus on everyday life, feelings and reactions to events. The narrative poems have helped me to grasp some of the issues lying behind the shifting identities in these islands. They dip down into pre-history and up again into the present day. Geology is a unifying ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Sport in the City

    The Role of Sport in Economic and Social Regeneration

    Edited by Chris Gratton, Ian Henry ...
    Cities now seek to attract major sporting events and activities to re-image themselves, and frequently invest in community sports development to fund economic growth and regeneration.Including a range of case-studies from global (the Sydney Olympics) to local (urban school sports), this book looks closely at how sport has been used in contemporary cities across the world, and evaluates policies, ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Transnational and Comparative Research in Sport

    Globalisation, Governance and Sport Policy

    Edited by Ian Henry ...
    The wider adoption of a post-modern understanding of truth and knowledge, an acceptance of the prevalence of Orientalism inherent in much Western research, and the diminished significance of the ‘local’ within the rhetoric of globalization have all combined to constrain comparative and transnational research under the weight of theoretical and methodological concerns.Transnational and Comparative ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

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  • Urban Design and the British Urban Renaissance

    Edited by John Punter ...
    Are Britain’s cities attractive places in which to live, work and play? Asking that question, this is a critical review of how the design dimension of the Urban Renaissance strategy was developed and applied, based on expert academic assessments of progress in Britain’s thirteen largest cities. The case studies are preceded by a dissection of New Labour’s renaissance agenda, and concluded by a ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • The Economics of Cultural Policy

    by David Throsby ...
    Cultural policy is changing. Traditionally, cultural policies have been concerned with providing financial support for the arts, for cultural heritage and for institutions such as museums and galleries. In recent years, around the world, interest has grown in the creative industries as a source of innovation and economic dynamism. This book argues that an understanding of the nature of both the ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Regenerating London

    Governance, Sustainability and Community in a Global City

    Edited by Rob Imrie, Loretta Lees, Mike Raco ...
    Regenerating London explores latest thinking on urban regeneration in one of the fastest changing world cities. Engaging with social, economic, and political structures of cities, it highlights paradoxes and contradictions in urban policy and offers an evaluation of the contemporary forms of urban redevelopment. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Urban Geography

    by Tim Hall, Heather Barrett ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series
    This revised fifth edition not only examines the new geographical patterns forming within and between cities, but also investigates the way geographers have sought to make sense of this urban transformation. It is structured into three sections: 'contexts', 'themes' and 'issues' that move students from a foundation in urban geography through its major themes to contemporary and pressing issues. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Sports Law

    by Simon Gardiner, Roger Welch, Simon Boyes, Urvasi Naidoo ...
    Long established as the market leading textbook on sports law, this much-anticipated new edition offers a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the legal issues surrounding and governing sport internationally. Locating the legal regulation of sport within an explicit socio-economic context, this refocused edition is divided into four core parts: Governance & Sport; Commercial Regulation; ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Cultural Policy

    by David Bell, Kate Oakley ...
    Series series Key Ideas in Media & Cultural Studies
    David Bell and Kate Oakley survey the major debates emerging in cultural policy research, adopting an approach based on spatial scale to explore cultural policy in cities, nations and internationally. They contextualise these discussions with an exploration of what both ‘culture’ and ‘policy’ mean when they are joined together as cultural policy.Drawing on topical examples and contemporary ... Read more

    $45.99 USD