Nordic elite sport
Subtitle: same ambitions, different tracks
By: [edited by] Svein S. Andersen & Lars Tore Ronglan
Publisher: Universitetsforlaget; International Specialized Book Services (distributor)
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oslo; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9788763002455; 9789147097722; 9788215019390
Subjects: Professional sports
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Elite sports in Nordic countries : perspectives and challenges / Svein S. Andersen and Lars Tore Ronglan; title: Elite sport development in Norway : a radical transformation / Matti Goksøyr and Dag Vidar Hanstad; title: The institutionalization of Team Denmark / Jørn Hansen; title: The Swedish elite sport system : or the lack of it? / Johan R. Norberg and Paul Sjöblom; title: Finnish elite sport : from class-based tensions to pluralist complexity / Jari Lämsä; title: The Swedish golf and tennis miracle : two parallel stories / Johnny Wijk; title: Norwegian women's handball : organizing for sustainable success / Lars Tore Ronglan; title: Lions on the ice : the success story of Finnish ice hockey / Jari Lämsä; title: The revival of Danish track cycling / Klaus Nielsen and Aage Hoffmann; title: Swedish elite sport : contested terrain / Paul Sjöblom and Josef Fahlén; title: The anatomy of elite sports organization in Finland / Jarmo Mäkinen; title: Danish elite sport and Team Denmark : new trends? / Rasmus K. Storm; title: Olympiatoppen in the Norwegian sports cluster / Svein S. Andersen; title: A comparative perspective on Nordic elite sport : filling a gap / Svein S. Andersen and Lars Tore Ronglan.