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Subject(s)

• Sports—Political aspects—Great Britain [Browse]
• Sports and state—Great Britain [Browse]
• Sports—Social aspects—Great Britain [Browse]
• Sports—Great Britain—History [Browse]
• Olympic Games (30th 2012 London, England) [Browse]

Series

• British studies series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)) [More in this series]
• British studies series

Summary note

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

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.

ISBN

• 9780230291874 (pbk.)
• 0230291872 (pbk.)
• 9780230291867
• 0230291864

LCCN

2012024483

OCLC

779263885

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