1. Does it take two to tango? The position and power of national sport bodies compared to their public authorities; Jeroen Scheerder, Elien Claes and Annick Willem -- 2. Australia: Evolution and motivators of national sport policy; Camilla Brockett -- 3. Belgium: Flanders: Sport federations and governmental sport bodies; Elien Claes, Jeroen Scheerder, Annick Willem and Sandrine Billiet -- 4. Canada: An evolving sport system; Lucie Thibault -- 5. Denmark: The dissenting sports system in Europe; Bjarne Ibse -- 6. Finland From steering to the evaluation of the effectiveness; Hanna Vehmas and Kalervo Ilmanen -- 7. France Organisation of sport and policy towards sport federations; Nicolas Scelles -- 8. Germany Autonomy, partnership and subsidiarity; Christoph Breuer and Tobias Nowy -- 9. Lithuania Organisation and governance of sport; Vilma Čingiené -- 10. The Netherlands How the interplay between federations and government helps build a sporting nation; Koen Breedveld and Remco Hoekman -- 11. Slovenia Towards the social configuration of sport system; Gregor Jurak -- 12. Spain Putting the pieces of the sport system in place - The role of the sport federations; Ramón Llopis-Goig -- 13. Switzerland Organisation of sport and policy towards sport federations; Emmanuel Bayle -- 14. UK: England National Governing Bodies of Sport and government agencies; Vassil Girginov -- 15. Conclusion The role of sport policies and governmental support in the capacity building of sport federations; Annick Willem and Jeroen Scheerder .This book explores the organisation and structure of sport in and beyond Europe. Drawing upon up-to-date data, the collection’s main focus lies on the relationship between public sport policy structures and sport (con)federations. The authors present thirteen country-specific contexts wherein sport policy systems are embedded. This evidence provides in-depth descriptions and analyses within a solid academic and theoretical framework. This volume will be of interest to students and scholars of Sociology of Sport, Sport Management and Sport Policy.