Why Does"Village BA"Enter the Policy Agenda of National Village Basketball Competition:Based on Multi-Stream Theory Analysis
The rapid introduction of the National Village Basketball Competition(Village BA)policy has be-come a classic case of sports public policy.The research on"village BA"policy can not only provide a feasible research perspective for the policy agenda of other rural sports events,but also provide an important reference for the formulation of a series of policies of rural revitalization enabling by rural sports in China in future.From the perspective of multi-stream theory,taking"village BA"policy as a case study,this paper makes a panoramic analysis of its policy introduction.The research shows that the focus events expose the gap between supply and demand of rural sports,and the natural harmony between rural revitalization and rural sports reflects that farmers'yearning for a better life constitutes the issue source.The continuous follow-up of the central policy and the theo-retical reasoning of experts and scholars constitute the policy source.The ruling concept of"sports for the peo-ple",national sentiment and media constitute the political source.Finally,the dynamic effect of"three streams coupling"opens the policy window.
multi-streamNational Village Basketball Competition(Village BA)policy agenda