TY - JOUR
T1 - A policy analysis of the development of elite swimming in China between 2000 and 2012
T2 - A national team perspective
AU - ZHENG, Jinming
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/8/13
Y1 - 2017/8/13
N2 - A variety of factors have contributed to China’s recent recovery in elite swimming in particular its success in the London Olympiad. The poor performance at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games was a ‘wakeup call’, which in conjunction with Beijing’s successful Olympic bid in 2001, opened policy windows prompting large-scale review and reform from which a broad range of ‘heavyweight’ policy actions were introduced and implemented. However, the road to recent success has been ‘bumpy’ during which there were other key events that have left an indelible imprint on Chinese swimming. Therefore, the multiple streams framework in general and the concept of policy windows in particular afford a theoretical gateway to structure policy analysis of elite swimming in China. Moreover, as a Western-derived theory the application of which to a sports context has been very sporadic, the multiple streams framework is evaluated regarding its applicability, or ‘compatibility’. Five semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders were conducted, accompanied by comprehensive document analysis of official documents and website information of associated sportsgoverning bodies and associations, and influential domestic and foreign media.
AB - A variety of factors have contributed to China’s recent recovery in elite swimming in particular its success in the London Olympiad. The poor performance at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games was a ‘wakeup call’, which in conjunction with Beijing’s successful Olympic bid in 2001, opened policy windows prompting large-scale review and reform from which a broad range of ‘heavyweight’ policy actions were introduced and implemented. However, the road to recent success has been ‘bumpy’ during which there were other key events that have left an indelible imprint on Chinese swimming. Therefore, the multiple streams framework in general and the concept of policy windows in particular afford a theoretical gateway to structure policy analysis of elite swimming in China. Moreover, as a Western-derived theory the application of which to a sports context has been very sporadic, the multiple streams framework is evaluated regarding its applicability, or ‘compatibility’. Five semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders were conducted, accompanied by comprehensive document analysis of official documents and website information of associated sportsgoverning bodies and associations, and influential domestic and foreign media.
KW - China
KW - Elite swimming
KW - Multiple streams
KW - Policy windows
KW - Revival
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85043686302&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09523367.2018.1432599
DO - 10.1080/09523367.2018.1432599
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85043686302
SN - 0952-3367
VL - 34
SP - 1247
EP - 1274
JO - International Journal of the History of Sport
JF - International Journal of the History of Sport
IS - 12
ER -