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Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 32 Citations 6,734 138 World Ranking 5186 National Ranking 863

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Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Politics

Barrie Houlihan mainly investigates Politics, Public relations, Sport management, Public administration and Elite. His Politics course of study focuses on Physical education and Administration and Interest group. His work is dedicated to discovering how Public relations, Government are connected with Modernization theory and Recreation and other disciplines.

Barrie Houlihan combines subjects such as Global politics, Globalization, International relations theory, International relations and Commonwealth with his study of Sport management. His Public administration research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Competition, Sports science, Development policy, Coaching and Competitor analysis. The concepts of his Elite study are interwoven with issues in Pedagogy, Economic history, Excellence, Demography and China.

His most cited work include:

  • Elite Sport Development: Policy Learning and Political Priorities (217 citations)
  • Sport, Policy and Politics: A Comparative Analysis (196 citations)
  • Public Sector Sport Policy Developing a Framework for Analysis (143 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Public administration, Public relations, Elite, Politics and Government. His Public administration study deals with Process intersecting with Policy analysis. His Public relations research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Code and General partnership.

He interconnects Social science, Gender studies and China in the investigation of issues within Elite. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Sport management, Political economy and Power. The various areas that Barrie Houlihan examines in his Government study include Competition and Physical education.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Public administration (33.10%)
  • Public relations (23.45%)
  • Elite (20.00%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Public relations (23.45%)
  • Public administration (33.10%)
  • Elite (20.00%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Public relations, Public administration, Elite, Context and Politics. His Public relations research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Convention, Ratification, Formal requirements and Operationalization. His Public administration study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Legitimacy, Government and Agency.

The Elite study combines topics in areas such as Modernization theory, Applied psychology and China. His Politics research integrates issues from Sociology of sport, Political economy, Corporate governance and Power. He has researched Sport management in several fields, including Social science, Diplomacy, Globalization and Superpower.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Sports Mega-Events as Part of a Nation's Soft Power Strategy: The Cases of Germany (2006) and the UK (2012) (106 citations)
  • Interrogating States’ Soft Power Strategies: A Case Study of Sports Mega-Events in Brazil and the UK (46 citations)
  • Sport and Society: A Student Introduction (45 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • China

Barrie Houlihan focuses on Public relations, Politics, Public administration, Government and Context. His research investigates the connection between Public relations and topics such as Operationalization that intersect with problems in Public diplomacy and International relations theory. His Politics research incorporates elements of Sociology of sport, Order and London Olympics.

His Public administration research includes elements of Legitimacy, Institution, Agency and Process. His Government study incorporates themes from Elite, China and Scope. He combines Context and Sport management in his research.

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Best Publications

Elite Sport Development: Policy Learning and Political Priorities

Mick Green;Barrie Houlihan.
(2005)

598 Citations

Sport and international politics

Barrie Houlihan.
(1994)

403 Citations

Impacts of the Olympic Games as mega-events

Maximos Malfas;Elena Theodoraki;Barrie Houlihan.
MUNICIPAL ENGINEER (2004)

403 Citations

Dying to win - Doping in sport and the development of anti-doping policy

Barrie Houlihan.
(1999)

386 Citations

Sport and Society: A Student Introduction

Barrie Houlihan.
(2016)

318 Citations

Sports Mega-Events as Part of a Nation's Soft Power Strategy: The Cases of Germany (2006) and the UK (2012)

Jonathan Grix;Barrie Houlihan.
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (2014)

309 Citations

Sport, Policy and Politics: A Comparative Analysis

Barrie Houlihan.
(1997)

294 Citations

The changing status of school sport and physical education: explaining policy change

Barrie Houlihan;Mick Green.
Sport Education and Society (2006)

239 Citations

Public Sector Sport Policy Developing a Framework for Analysis

Barrie Houlihan.
International Review for the Sociology of Sport (2005)

217 Citations

Comparative elite sport development : systems, structures and public policy

Barrie Houlihan;Mick Green.
(2008)

213 Citations

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