Le financement public du sport en France et en Europe. Justification et éléments de comparaison

The Public Financing of Sport in France and in Europe. Justification and Points of Comparison. The amount of public money which is dedicated to sport certainly relates to the wealth of a country, but it represents above all a political choice which, moreover, depends upon the standing of the sporting community. Public powers, therefore, intervene in two respects : they finance sport, on the one hand, as part of the education system and, on the other, as a leisure activity for sportsmen and women in general. While initiated by States, policies relating to sporting infrastructures are presently organised at the local level

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