The concept of ‘policy windows’ in elite sport development: positive events and spatial domains of policy windows

References

• Australian Sports Commission. 2012. Australia’s Winning Edge 2012-2022. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission.
   Google Scholar
• Banda, Davies. 2010. “Zambia: Government’s Role in Colonial and Modern Times.” International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 2 (2): 237–252. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2010.488072
   Google Scholar
• Baumgartner, Frank R., and Bryan D. Jones. 2002. “Positive and Negative Feedback in Politics.” In Policy Dynamics, edited by Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones, 3–28. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
   Google Scholar
• Béland, Daniel, and Michael Howlett. 2016. “The Role and Impact of the Multiple-Streams Approach in Comparative Policy Analysis.” Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice 18 (3): 221–227. https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2016.1174410
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Blaikie, Norman. 2010. Designing Social Research: The Logic of Anticipation. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Polity Press.
   Google Scholar
• Braun, Virginia, Victoria Clarke, and Paul Weate. 2016. “Using Thematic Analysis in Sport and Exercise Research.” In Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, edited by Brett Smith and Andrew C. Sparkes, 191–205. London: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Bridges, Brian. 2012. “A Bid Too Far: Hong Kong and the 2023 Asian Games.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 29 (4): 652–665. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2012.658195
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brislin, Richard W. 1970. “Back-Translation for Cross-Cultural Research.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 1 (3): 185–216. https://doi.org/10.1177/135910457000100301
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cairney, Paul, and Michael D. Jones. 2016. “Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Approach: What is the Empirical Impact of This Universal Theory.” ?Policy Studies Journal 44 (1): 37–58. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12111
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Camargo, Philipe, Joe Piggin, and Fernando Mezzadri. 2020. “The Politics of Sport Funding in Brazil: A Multiple Streams Analysis.” International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 12 (4): 599–615. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2020.1821080
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Africa, C. G. T. N. 2019. “Algeria’s Benida-Merah Recounts Olympics 1500m Gold Medal Win.” YouTube Video 3: 30. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlGzOeLlWgw.
   Google Scholar
• Chappelet, Jean-Loup. 2010. “Switzerland.” International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 2 (1): 99–110. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406941003634065
   Google Scholar
• Chehabi, Houchang E. 1995. “Sport and Politics in Iran: The Legend of Gholamreza Takhti.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 12 (3): 48–60. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523369508713909
   Google Scholar
• Chen, Shushu, Jinming Zheng, and Geoff Dickson. 2018. “An Organizational Life Cycle Approach to Exploring the Elite Sport Legacy of Summer Olympic Host Nations: The Cases of China (Beijing 2008) and Australia (Sydney 2000).” The International Journal of the History of Sport 35 (12–13): 1276–1305. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2019.1583646
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Copeland, Paul, and Scott James. 2014. “Policy Windows, Ambiguity and Commission Entrepreneurship: Explaining the Relaunch of the European Union’s Economic Reform Agenda.” Journal of European Public Policy 21 (1): 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2013.800789
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Denscombe, Martyn. 2007. The Good Research Guide: For Small-Scale Social Research Projects. 3rd ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Dousti, Morteza, Mahmood Goodarzi, Haroon Asadi, and Mohammad Khabiri. 2013. “Sport Policy in Iran.” International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 5 (1): 151–158. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2013.766808
   Google Scholar
• Donald, Tsang. 2006. “The 2006-07 Policy Address: Proactive, Pragmatic, Always People First.” GovHK. https://www.policyaddress.gov.hk/06-07/eng/pdf/speech.pdf.
   Google Scholar
• Elite Sports Committee. 2004. SEES S/C 2/2004: Annex a – an Overview of Elite Sport Development in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Elite Sports Committee.
   Google Scholar
• Emerald Publishing. 2023. “How to Undertake Case Study Research.” Emerald Publishing. Accessed April 25, 2023. https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/how-to/research-methods/undertake-case-study-research.
   Google Scholar
• Exworthy, Mark, and Martin Powell. 2004. “Big Windows and Little Windows: Implementation in the ‘Congested State.” Public Administration 82 (2): 263–281. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0033-3298.2004.00394.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goodman, Leo A. 1961. “Snowball Sampling.” The Annals of Mathematical Statistics 32 (1): 148–170. https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177705148
   Google Scholar
• GovHK. GovHK. 2006. “SHA Congratulates Wong Kam-po on Winning First Gold Medal in Doha Asian Games for HK.” https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200612/03/P200612030232.htm.
   Google Scholar
• GovHK. GovHK. 2013. “CS Officiates at Hong Kong Velodrome Works Completion Ceremony.” https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201312/30/P201312300551.htm.
   Google Scholar
• Green, Mick. 2004. “Changing Policy Priorities for Sport in England: The Emergence of Elite Sport Development as a Key Policy Concern.” Leisure Studies 23 (4): 365–385. https://doi.org/10.1080/0261436042000231646
   Google Scholar
• Green, Mick. 2009. “Podium or Participation? Analysing Policy Priorities under Changing Modes of Sport Governance in the United Kingdom.” International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 1 (2): 121–144. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940902950697
   Google Scholar
• Hawkins, Benjamin, and Jim McCambridge. 2020. “Policy Windows and Multiple Streams: An Analysis of Alcohol Pricing Policy in England.” Policy & Politics 48 (2): 315–333. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557319X15724461566370
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• He, Ziyuan. 2020. “A Review of Hong Kong Men’s Foil Team’s Road to Tokyo.” Sportsroad. https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/290038.
   Google Scholar
• Hong Kong Sports Development Board. 1996. Strategic Plan 1996-2000. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Sports Development Board.
   Google Scholar
• Hong Kong Sports Development Board. 2000. 10th Anniversary Commemorative Brochure. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Sports Development Board.
   Google Scholar
• Hong Kong Sports Institute. 2023. “Tier A & Tier B Sports.” Hong Kong Sports Institute. Accessed April 25, 2023. https://www.hksi.org.hk/support-to-sports/tier-a-tier-b-sports.
   Google Scholar
• Houlihan, Barrie. 2005. “Public Sector Sport Policy: Developing a Framework for Analysis.” International Review for the Sociology of Sport 40 (2): 163–185. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690205057193
   Google Scholar
• Houlihan, Barrie, and Iain Lindsey. 2013. Sport Policy in Britain. New York: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Howlett, Michael. 1998. “Predictable and Unpredictable Policy Windows: Institutional and Exogenous Correlates of Canadian Federal Agenda-Setting.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 31 (3): 495–524. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423900009100
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Howlett, Michael, and Benjamin Cashore. 2009. “The Dependent Variable Problem in the Study of Policy Change: Understanding Policy Change as a Methodological Problem.” Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice 11 (1): 33–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/13876980802648144
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• International Olympic Committee. 2023. “Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China” International Olympic Committee. Accessed April 26, 2023. https://www.olympic.org/hong-kong-china.
   Google Scholar
• Jones, Bryan D. 1994. Reconceiving Decision-Making in Democratic Politics: Attention, Choice, and Public Policy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
   Google Scholar
• Jones, Michael D., Holly L. Peterson, Jonathan J. Pierce, Nicole Herweg, Amiel Bernal, Holly Lamberta Raney, and Nikolaos Zahariadis. 2016. “A River Runs through It: A Multiple Streams Meta-Review.” Policy Studies Journal 44 (1): 13–36. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12115
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• King, Neil. 2009. Sport Policy and Governance: Local Perspectives. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
   Google Scholar
• Kingdon, John W. 1984. Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies. Boston, MA: Little Brown.
   Google Scholar
• Kingdon, John W. 1995. Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies. 2nd ed. Reading, NY: Longman.
   Google Scholar
• Kulczycki, Andrzej. 2014. “A Comparative Study of Abortion Policymaking in Brazil and South America: The Salience of Issue Networks and Policy Windows.” Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice 16 (1): 62–78. https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2013.785669
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Leisure and Cultural Services Department. “. 2023. Sports Centres - Hong Kong Velodrome.” Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Accessed April 26, 2023. https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/clpss/en/webApp/Facility/Details.do?fid=1229&did=8.
   Google Scholar
• Chun-Ying, Leung. 2013. “2013 Policy Address: Sports Developments.” GovHK. https://www.policyaddress.gov.hk/2013/eng/p187.html.
   Google Scholar
• McNicol, Andrew. 2021. “Hong Kong Fencing Seeking ‘World’s Best’ Coaches to Help in Push for Gold at Asian Games and Paris Olympics.” South China Morning Post, November 24. https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3157156/hong-kong-fencing-seeking-worlds-best-coaches-help-push-gold-asian.
   Google Scholar
• Patton, Michael Quinn. 2002. Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
   Google Scholar
• Peng, Qi., James Skinner, and Barrie Houlihan. 2019. “An Analysis of the Chinese Football Reform of 2015: Why Then and Not Earlier?” International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 11 (1): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2018.1536075
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ryan, Gery W., and H. Russell Bernard. 2003. “Techniques to Identify Themes.” Field Methods 15 (1): 85–109. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X02239569
   Google Scholar
• Scanlan, Tara K., Gary L. Stein, and Kenneth Ravizza. 1989. “An in-Depth Study of Former Elite Figure Skaters: II. Sources of Enjoyment.” Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 11 (1): 65–83. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.11.1.65
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Scholz, Roland W., and Olaf Tietje. 2002. Embedded Case Study Methods: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Knowledge. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
   Google Scholar
• Sotiriadou, Popi, and Jessie Brouwers. 2012. “A Critical Analysis of the Impact of the Beijing Olympic Games on Australia’s Sport Policy Direction.” International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 4 (3): 321–341. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2012.656687
   Google Scholar
• Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. 2023. “Medallists.” SF&OC. Accessed April 26, 2023. https://www.hkolympic.org/medallists/.
   Google Scholar
• Weible, Christopher M., and Edella Schlager. 2016. “The Multiple Streams Approach at the Theoretical and Empirical Crossroads: An Introduction to a Special Issue.” Policy Studies Journal 44 (1): 5–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12143
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Winkel, Georg, and Sina Leipold. 2016. “Demolishing Dikes: Multiple Streams and Policy Discourse Analysis.” Policy Studies Journal 44 (1): 108–129. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12136
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wu, Wen, Patrick Wing Chung Lau, and Jinming Zheng. 2020. “A Historical Review of Elite Sport Development in Hong Kong.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 37 (17): 1777–1806. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2020.1826442
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yamamoto, Mayumi Ya-Ya. 2012. “Development of the Sporting Nation: Sport as a Strategic Area of National Policy in Japan.” International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 4 (2): 277–296. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2012.685489
   Google Scholar
• Yin, Robert K. 2009. Case Study Research: Design and Methods. 4th ed. London: SAGE Publications.
   Google Scholar
• Zahariadis, Nikolaos. 2007. “The Multiple Streams Framework: Structure, Limitations, Prospects.” In Theories of the Policy Process. 2nd ed., edited by Paul Sabatier, 65–92. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
   Google Scholar
• Zahariadis, Nikolaos, and Theofanis Exadaktylos. 2016. “Policies That Succeed and Programs That Fail: Ambiguity, Conflict, and Crisis in Greek Higher Education.” Policy Studies Journal 44 (1): 59–82. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12129
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zheng, Jinming. 2016. “Hong Kong.” International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 8 (2): 321–338. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2015.1031813
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zheng, Jinming, and Dongfeng Liu. 2020. “The ‘30-Gold’ Ambition and Japan’s Momentum for Elite Sport Success: Feasibility and Policy Changes.” Sport in Society 23 (12): 1964–1985. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2020.1777103
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zheng, Jinming, Shushu Chen, Tien-Chin Tan, and Barrie Houlihan. 2019. Sport Policy in China. Abingdon: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Zohlnhöfer, Reimut. 2016. “Putting Together the Pieces of the Puzzle: Explaining German Labor Market Reforms with a Modified Multiple-Streams Approach.” Policy Studies Journal 44 (1): 83–107. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12135
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar