Youth Sport Policy in Austria. Analysis and Development of Quality Indicators at National Level : 9783668058774 : 13 Oct 2015 : Master's Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Sport - Sport Economics, Sport Management, grade: 1,8, Sport Academy Cologne (Institut für Europäische Sportentwicklung und Freizeitforschung), language: English, abstract: The aim of this research lies, besides an analysis of the situation of the youth sport system in Austria, on the development of quality indicators of youth sport on a national level. An extensive review of existing literature on youth sport policy at national and European level will lay the fundamental basis for further research. Sports policy and policy-making-processes theory will be displayed in the theoretical framework. The research questions therefore investigate what quality criteria could be proposed to fulfill an effective youth sport policy. Therefore, preliminarily the current situation and structures of the youth sport in Austria