Now in a fully updated and expanded fifth edition, this textbook introduces the power and politics of sport organizations to the readers. It explores the managerial activities essential to good governance and policy development and looks at the structure and functions of individual organizations within the larger context of the global sport industry.

Full of real-world examples, cases, and data, this book examines the dilemmas faced by sport managers, administrators, and policymakers in their everyday work, helping readers to understand the importance of good governance and sound policy frameworks in any successful sport organization. Introducing core managerial functions and surveying every sector of contemporary sport from school and community sport to professional leagues and international megaevents, this edition includes brand-new chapters focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion; on esports; and on governance in times of crisis, covering issues such as COVID-19, climate change, scandal, and security risks.

Helping readers to see a big picture across the contemporary sport industry, at all levels, and to find their place in it as future sport managers, this textbook is essential for all courses on sport governance, sport policy, or sport development.

This book is accompanied by a suite of useful ancillary materials, including an instructors' guide, test bank, and PowerPoint slides.

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Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2023

ISBN

9781000857412

Edition

Topic

Business

Subtopic

Sport & Exercise Science

Index

Business

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Credits List
Image Credits
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction to Sport Governance
2 Managerial Functions Related to Governance
3 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Sport Governance
4 Ethics in Sport Organizations
5 Scholastic Sport
6 Amateur Sport in the Community
7 Campus Recreation
8 Intercollegiate Athletics
9 The Major Games
10 Olympic Sport
11 Paralympic Sport
12 Professional Sport Leagues in North America
13 Professional Individual Sports
14 Professional Sport Leagues Beyond North America
15 Esports
16 Sport Governance in Times of Crisis
Index