Abstract

The modern policy movement in academia is often traced to the early 1950s in the United States, grounded in intellectual traditions that go back decades and centuries earlier. Since then, numerous schools and sects have developed around the world focussed on teaching, research and practice where academic research encounters public and private decision making. Policy studies, policy analysis, policy evaluation, policy sciences, applied ethics and public affairs are but a few of these sub-disciplines which can rightly claim to focus on developing theory and research methods applicable to the study of policy making and its political and social context. Within this complex tapestry of academic inquiry, a debate has thrived for decades between those who look to inquiry primarily to advance theory and those who utilise inquiry primarily to advance practice. This debate plays out within specific topical areas, such as environmental policy, social policy and international relations. We should expect the study of sport to be no different. This paper looks to the history of the broader policy movement to provide guidance to aspiring researchers of sport policy and governance who seek to bring academic expertise to practical challenges of governance and policy.

摘要

学术界的现代政策运动通常可以追溯到 1950 年代初期的美国，其基础是可以追溯到几十年前和几个世纪之前的知识传统。从那时起，世界各地发展了许多学校和教派，专注于学术研究遇到公共和私人决策的教学、研究和实践。政策研究、政策分析、政策评估、政策科学、应用伦理学和公共事务只是这些子学科中的一小部分，它们可以正确地声称专注于发展适用于政策制定及其政治和社会研究的理论和研究方法。语境。在这个复杂的学术探究挂毯中，几十年来，在那些主要通过探究来推进理论的人和那些主要利用探究来推进实践的人之间进行了一场辩论。这场辩论在特定的主题领域展开，例如环境政策、社会政策和国际关系。我们应该期待体育研究也不例外。本文着眼于更广泛的政策运动的历史，为有抱负的体育政策和治理研究人员提供指导，他们寻求将学术专业知识带到治理和政策的实际挑战中。