This book outlines the private sport sector in different European countries. Sport in the European countries is organized in three distinct sectors. These are t

This book examines the political significance of sport and its importance for nation-state building and political and economic transition across thirteen post-S

This book provides an overview of perspectives and approaches to the cultural meaning of sport volunteering in different countries. The main objective is to ref

This book explores the rise, size and shape of the European fitness industry by using harmonised data as well as in-depth analyses of national surveys in fiftee

Given the impact that successive court rulings have had on the organisation of the sports movement in the past 15 years, the autonomy of non-governmental sports