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| Book review - (2006)06, 576 |
| TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE RESEARCH IN SPORT: GLOBALISATION, GOVERNANCE AND SPORT POLICY |
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Editors: Ian Henry and the Institute of Sport and Leisure Policy
Bibliographic: ISBN-10: 0415401127, ISBN-13: 978-0415401128; Routledge Publishing, New York, 2007, £70.00, 256 pages, hardcover
Subjects: globalisation, governance and sport policy
Reviewed by: Fadil Ozyener MD, PhD, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey
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| DESCRIPTION |
| The book evaluates and demonstrates the main approaches to transnational and comparative analysis of sports policy |
| PURPOSE |
| The aim of the book is to develop typology which can be adopted to help re-establish important transnational and comparative research which considers the occurrence of Orientalism common to a large amount of Western investigation and the significance of the 'local' rhetoric compared to the 'global' |
| AUDIENCE |
| This book could be an important reading for graduate students and educators in the sport -related fields especially for those interested in the affects of globalisation, governance and politics in sport |
| FEATURES |
| It is divided into 9 chapters within three parts: part 1 is the review of theoretical perspectives and methodologies by discussing relevant assumptions in three chapters; Part 2 provides case studies of transnational and comparative analysis of sports policy in five chapters; Part 3 deals with interculturalism in policy analysis by focusing on methodological pluralism and ethical discourse in one chapter |
| ASSESSMENT |
| This is a constructive and comprehensive reading for anyone interested in addressing the matter of how social, cultural and political views in global sense effect sport issues |
