TY - JOUR
T1 - Policy transfer and learning from the west
T2 - Elite basketball development in the People's Republic of China
AU - Houlihan, Barrie
AU - Tan, Tien Chin
AU - Green, Mick
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - The article examines the engagement of the People's Republic of China with global sport using basketball as an example. Following a discussion of the priority given to national elite team sport success in contemporary China, the article explores the range of mechanisms that facilitate sport globalization and focuses particularly on evaluating the utility of the concepts of policy transfer and lesson drawing. The examination of the concepts is achieved through the exploration of a series of questions relating to recent developments in basketball in China, including how the need for reform of the domestic system was recognized and articulated, who was instrumental in transferring policy, which countries were identified as suitable exemplars, and which policies were transferred. The article draws on data collected from a number of sources, including official government documents, news media, and a series of interviews with Chinese officials from key governmental organizations. The article concludes that the concepts of policy transfer and lesson drawing provide significant insight into the process of China's engagement in basketball, and identifies a series of tensions arising from the process that affect contemporary sport policy.
AB - The article examines the engagement of the People's Republic of China with global sport using basketball as an example. Following a discussion of the priority given to national elite team sport success in contemporary China, the article explores the range of mechanisms that facilitate sport globalization and focuses particularly on evaluating the utility of the concepts of policy transfer and lesson drawing. The examination of the concepts is achieved through the exploration of a series of questions relating to recent developments in basketball in China, including how the need for reform of the domestic system was recognized and articulated, who was instrumental in transferring policy, which countries were identified as suitable exemplars, and which policies were transferred. The article draws on data collected from a number of sources, including official government documents, news media, and a series of interviews with Chinese officials from key governmental organizations. The article concludes that the concepts of policy transfer and lesson drawing provide significant insight into the process of China's engagement in basketball, and identifies a series of tensions arising from the process that affect contemporary sport policy.
KW - Basketball
KW - China
KW - Globalization
KW - Policy learning and transfer
KW - Sport policy
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U2 - 10.1177/0193723509358971
DO - 10.1177/0193723509358971
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77951098073
SN - 0193-7235
VL - 34
SP - 4
EP - 28
JO - Journal of Sport and Social Issues
JF - Journal of Sport and Social Issues
IS - 1
ER -