Policy transfer and learning from the West: elite basketball development in the People's Republic of China
Barrie Houlihan
Tien-Chin Tan
Mick Green
2134/15825
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Policy_transfer_and_learning_from_the_West_elite_basketball_development_in_the_People_s_Republic_of_China/9624476
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.
2014-09-12 12:59:16
China
Basketball
Policy learning and transfer
Globalization
Sport policy
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Sociology