B Houlihan, A White. (Pp 250; £19.99). Routledge, London, 2002. ISBN 0-415-27748-5 (hbk), 0-415-27749-3 (pbk).

• Houlihan B
• White A. The politics of sports development

This is a book that will attract anybody who has an interest in sports development, developing sport (the book makes clear the important differences between these two concepts), or even an interest in organisational and political history of sport in the UK in recent times (1960 onwards). In the latter context two of its summary tables of policy changes …