Sport Policy in China (Routledge Research in Sport Politics and Policy) - Softcover

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Jinming Zheng is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow working at the Centre for Global Sport & Recreation Studies of the Department of Physical Education at Hong Kong Baptist University, China. He is also an honorary Research Associate of the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. His research interests include elite sport policy in a broad range of Asian and Western nations, Olympic studies, football governance, and sport and international relations.

Shushu Chen

is Lecturer in Sport Policy and Management at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her principal research interests include sport policy and management and Olympic studies (particularly in the areas of Olympic legacy evaluation). Her recent research projects examine policy and management issues of sport in China.

Tien-Chin Tan

is Professor of Sport Sociology and Policy at National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan. He is also an Editor-in-chief of Sport Studies, a Corresponding Editor of International Review for the Sociology of Sport (IRSS) and a Guest Editor of Sport in Society

. His main research interests are public policy for sport, particularly in the areas of Olympic studies, elite sport development, professional sport, sports industry, youth sport, and school-based sport policy in Taiwan and China.

Barrie Houlihan

is Emeritus Professor of Sport Policy at Loughborough University, UK, and Visiting Professor at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway. He was the founding Editor of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

. His research interests include the domestic and international policy processes for sport, with a particular interest in sports development, the diplomatic use of sport, and drug abuse by athletes.