Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2023.2201293
Swarali Patil, A. Doherty
Abstract To better understand mechanisms for gender equity in sport, the critical elements of capacity of Canadian national sport organisations (NSOs) to implement gender equity initiatives, and the relative strengths and challenges of those elements, were investigated. Environmental factors perceived to influence that capacity were also explored. The study was framed by Hall et al.’s (2003) multidimensional model of organisational capacity. Instrumental case studies were used to examine and compare the capacity of three NSOs engaged in addressing gender equity in their sport through their respective initiatives designed to increase the engagement of women in sport as athletes, coaches, and officials. Semi-structured interviews (n = 15) were conducted with board members and staff across the three NSOs. Several common capacity strengths (e.g., knowledgeable and experienced staff, dedicated funding) and challenges (e.g., limited staff, constraints in external communication) were identified. Capacity elements unique to each NSO were also uncovered. Environmental factors influencing the NSOs’ capacity to implement their respective gender equity initiatives included the broad political climate, access to volunteers, and availability of additional funding sources . The findings address the call for further evidence of critical organisational practices for enacting gender equity, with a particular focus on NSOs, and framed by a multidimensional model of organisational capacity and environmental influences. The findings have implications for being aware of the capacity of NSOs to address government policy and directives for gender equity in sport, and for maintaining and building capacity to implement gender equity initiatives.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2023.2206397
Adnane Zourgani, Abdelhamid Ait-Bihi
ABSTRACT The literature on the impact of sport events continues to grow. However, existing systematic reviews have often focused on a specific typology of impact and/or specific events. In this article, we highlight the current state of sport events impact literature through a systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method. Following predefined criteria, the authors reviewed 172 review and research articles published in indexed journals between 2010 and 2022 that were collected from four databases. Given the limited consensus around the conceptualisation of legacy in the academic literature, it was agreed to limit the keywords for this study to ‘sports’, ‘event’, and ‘impacts’. The term ‘impacts’ seems more precise as it is inclusive in nature, incorporating both ‘legacies’ and intended ‘outcomes’. Results show that five countries, led by the United States, dominate in terms of publications, focusing more on economic impact assessment, particularly of large and single sport events. While studies still focus on mega-events, new research is increasingly turning to small and medium-sized sporting events, and more intangible impacts are attracting the interest of researchers. In particular, studies of consumer behaviour and destination image, as well as planning and evaluation strategies, are gaining momentum, while there is a lack of studies on the health and educational impacts of sports events, as well as the impact of the development of sports infrastructure built around the events.
{"title":"A systematic literature review: assessing the impact of sports events between 2010 and 2022","authors":"Adnane Zourgani, Abdelhamid Ait-Bihi","doi":"10.1080/19406940.2023.2206397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2023.2206397","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The literature on the impact of sport events continues to grow. However, existing systematic reviews have often focused on a specific typology of impact and/or specific events. In this article, we highlight the current state of sport events impact literature through a systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method. Following predefined criteria, the authors reviewed 172 review and research articles published in indexed journals between 2010 and 2022 that were collected from four databases. Given the limited consensus around the conceptualisation of legacy in the academic literature, it was agreed to limit the keywords for this study to ‘sports’, ‘event’, and ‘impacts’. The term ‘impacts’ seems more precise as it is inclusive in nature, incorporating both ‘legacies’ and intended ‘outcomes’. Results show that five countries, led by the United States, dominate in terms of publications, focusing more on economic impact assessment, particularly of large and single sport events. While studies still focus on mega-events, new research is increasingly turning to small and medium-sized sporting events, and more intangible impacts are attracting the interest of researchers. In particular, studies of consumer behaviour and destination image, as well as planning and evaluation strategies, are gaining momentum, while there is a lack of studies on the health and educational impacts of sports events, as well as the impact of the development of sports infrastructure built around the events.","PeriodicalId":47174,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics","volume":"15 1","pages":"347 - 365"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45787937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2023.2206399
T. Taylor, Daniel Burdsey, Nigel Jarvis
ABSTRACT This article critically reviews the main themes and research agendas that have been explored to study the relationship between sport and the Arabian Peninsula. It identifies four key research trends in which sport and the Arabian Peninsula intersect: (a) soft power and the Arabian Peninsula, (b) nation branding or ‘sportswashing’, (c) broader case studies and impacts, and (d) the relationship between the global and local. This review is timely considering relevant contemporary events taking place both within and outside of the Arabian Peninsula in relation to sport. For example, the 2021 takeover of Newcastle United FC by a consortium consisting of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, the new LIV Golf Super League also funded through the PIF of Saudi Arabia, and the 2022 men’s World Cup in Qatar to name a few. These developments could represent a significant turning point in challenging our political and sociological understanding of sporting investment and mega-events. This article highlights the key trends and theoretical perspectives within the literature, as well as the lacunae such as the notable absence of scholarship on the global, regional and local dynamics of sport beyond the World Cup and Qatar in particular. Moreover, there has been a tendency to focus on top-down processes such as nation branding and soft power rather than a more nuanced approach at examining power at a micro/meso level through, for example, intergroup encounters. Therefore, this review establishes directions for future research in the context of sport and the Arabian Peninsula.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-30DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2023.2197001
V. Girginov, Shushu Chen, Fawaz Alhakami, M. Batuev, L. Chalip
Abstract The unprecedented abrupt stop of sport as a form of leisure and business activity causes by the Covid-19 pandemic urged re-examination of how we think and practice sport. Given the leading role of national governments in handling the health crisis, it is of critical importance to understand what policy actions have been implemented to sustain sport and its contribution to society. This is the first study to critically compare the government responses to Covid-19 in sport in China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UK and the USA. It addresses the question how national governments use policy instruments to affect the governance, access to and consumption of sport during the pandemic. Regardless of ideological persuasions, the five governments framed exercise and sport as critical for personal and social wellbeing and as an antidot to the pandemic. This recognition of the role of sport was not matched with the same level of policy capacity to support the sector. Governments in all five countries have favoured elite over community sport. The directions and limits of central government interventions in sport depend on both the system of government and the ways that governments choose to engage with sport systems. It is not merely a matter of the overall degree of government centralization. The ways that governments can and do respond in a sport emergency are consequently dependent on the systems in place prior to the emergency.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-29DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2023.2196985
Septiana Dwi Rakhmawati, N. Arovah, Nur Rizal Afandi
Sport, Physical Activity, and Criminal Justice: Politics, Policy, and Practice is a comprehensive resource covering various ways participation in sports and physical activity can contribute to effective solutions within criminal justice systems. The book is edited by Haydn Morgan
{"title":"Sport, physical activity and criminal justice: politics, policy, and practice","authors":"Septiana Dwi Rakhmawati, N. Arovah, Nur Rizal Afandi","doi":"10.1080/19406940.2023.2196985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2023.2196985","url":null,"abstract":"Sport, Physical Activity, and Criminal Justice: Politics, Policy, and Practice is a comprehensive resource covering various ways participation in sports and physical activity can contribute to effective solutions within criminal justice systems. The book is edited by Haydn Morgan","PeriodicalId":47174,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics","volume":"15 1","pages":"385 - 386"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41868983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-09DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2023.2188241
C. Ordway
ABSTRACT This paper examines the governance reform process undertaken to achieve gender equality in Australian football (soccer). As interdisciplinary, professional practice research, this case study analyses the mechanics of influencing board composition, related policy and legal controls. It was not until the international federation for football (FIFA) threatened to withdraw its recognition of its member federation, Football Federation of Australia (now Football Australia), that gender equality measures were adopted. This governance crisis threat led to the Congress Review Working Group being established. The Working Group recommendations led to significant structural change including mandated gender equality measures. It remains to be seen if constitutional amendments, including the 40:40:20 strategy (40% women, 40% men and 20% of any gender), can translate into meaningful and lasting transformation. It is intended that this case study will be a roadmap for other sports to follow.
{"title":"Gender equality achieved through crisis: Football Federation of Australia (now FA)","authors":"C. Ordway","doi":"10.1080/19406940.2023.2188241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2023.2188241","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper examines the governance reform process undertaken to achieve gender equality in Australian football (soccer). As interdisciplinary, professional practice research, this case study analyses the mechanics of influencing board composition, related policy and legal controls. It was not until the international federation for football (FIFA) threatened to withdraw its recognition of its member federation, Football Federation of Australia (now Football Australia), that gender equality measures were adopted. This governance crisis threat led to the Congress Review Working Group being established. The Working Group recommendations led to significant structural change including mandated gender equality measures. It remains to be seen if constitutional amendments, including the 40:40:20 strategy (40% women, 40% men and 20% of any gender), can translate into meaningful and lasting transformation. It is intended that this case study will be a roadmap for other sports to follow.","PeriodicalId":47174,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics","volume":"15 1","pages":"289 - 307"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43197276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-05DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2023.2183976
Kyle Ferguson, D. Hassan, P. Kitchin
ABSTRACT Globally, governments are implementing public sector reform to address declining budgets and public trust to improve programme efficiency and effectiveness. Sport has become ever more relevant with regards local, national and international social policy as part of an enhanced role for the third sector in tackling a plethora of societal issues. This article attempts to explore, the success (or otherwise) of sport for development (SfD) programmes transitioning positive outcomes from a micro and meso level to the macro level in Northern Ireland. Three management models (Outcomes-based accountability, Organisational capacity and Resource dependency theory) are used to establish the level of efficiency and effectiveness of SfD programmes in Northern Ireland, based on semi-structured interviews with a range of policy and delivery stakeholders. This article identifies potential areas of conflict at the intersection between policy and practice which limit the translation of successful project outcomes. The ambiguity of purpose combined with the absence of a population level evaluation model and financial reliance perpetuates task-based projects at the expense of sectoral outcomes. In turn, individuals are faced with a ridged multi-agency offering without a multi-agency approach. This article recommends a government-wide indicator for sport and physical activity linked to an overarching sport-related strategy, which clearly defines language, purpose and responsibilities across the public sector. One which builds on existing structures to support transition (individual and organisational) across the three identified interlinking phases of sport.
{"title":"Policy transition: public sector sport for development in Northern Ireland","authors":"Kyle Ferguson, D. Hassan, P. Kitchin","doi":"10.1080/19406940.2023.2183976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2023.2183976","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Globally, governments are implementing public sector reform to address declining budgets and public trust to improve programme efficiency and effectiveness. Sport has become ever more relevant with regards local, national and international social policy as part of an enhanced role for the third sector in tackling a plethora of societal issues. This article attempts to explore, the success (or otherwise) of sport for development (SfD) programmes transitioning positive outcomes from a micro and meso level to the macro level in Northern Ireland. Three management models (Outcomes-based accountability, Organisational capacity and Resource dependency theory) are used to establish the level of efficiency and effectiveness of SfD programmes in Northern Ireland, based on semi-structured interviews with a range of policy and delivery stakeholders. This article identifies potential areas of conflict at the intersection between policy and practice which limit the translation of successful project outcomes. The ambiguity of purpose combined with the absence of a population level evaluation model and financial reliance perpetuates task-based projects at the expense of sectoral outcomes. In turn, individuals are faced with a ridged multi-agency offering without a multi-agency approach. This article recommends a government-wide indicator for sport and physical activity linked to an overarching sport-related strategy, which clearly defines language, purpose and responsibilities across the public sector. One which builds on existing structures to support transition (individual and organisational) across the three identified interlinking phases of sport.","PeriodicalId":47174,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics","volume":"15 1","pages":"211 - 228"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46635900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-27DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2023.2183975
D. Peers, J. Joseph, Chen Chen, Tricia McGuire-Adams, N. V. Fawaz, Lisa N. Tink, Lindsay Eales, W. Bridel, Evelyn Hamdon, Andrea Carey, Laura Hall
ABSTRACT National Sport Organisations in Canada have increasingly been incentivised to create their own equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) policies within the framework of national inclusive sport mandates. However, many people from equity-denied groups – including this article’s authors – continue to experience erasure, denial, and ignorance when engaging within Canada’s sporting system, not despite such policies, but sometimes because of them. Our Re-creation Collective of passionate practitioners and scholars from various equity-denied groups analysed all (143) Canadian national-level EDI sport policies available online. From this analysis, we created a model that explains common ways that EDI policies can serve to reproduce the very exclusions they seek to address. Our first theme, Reproducing the Status Quo, includes subthemes Alleging Inclusivity, and Refusing Accountability. In our second theme, Reproducing the Excludable Other, we discuss the subthemes Erasing, Problematising, and Hedging. We end with a critical discussion and knowledge mobilisation links aimed towards building better EDI policies.
{"title":"An intersectional Foucauldian analysis of Canadian national sport organisations’ ‘equity, diversity, and inclusion’ (EDI) policies and the reinscribing of injustice","authors":"D. Peers, J. Joseph, Chen Chen, Tricia McGuire-Adams, N. V. Fawaz, Lisa N. Tink, Lindsay Eales, W. Bridel, Evelyn Hamdon, Andrea Carey, Laura Hall","doi":"10.1080/19406940.2023.2183975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2023.2183975","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT National Sport Organisations in Canada have increasingly been incentivised to create their own equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) policies within the framework of national inclusive sport mandates. However, many people from equity-denied groups – including this article’s authors – continue to experience erasure, denial, and ignorance when engaging within Canada’s sporting system, not despite such policies, but sometimes because of them. Our Re-creation Collective of passionate practitioners and scholars from various equity-denied groups analysed all (143) Canadian national-level EDI sport policies available online. From this analysis, we created a model that explains common ways that EDI policies can serve to reproduce the very exclusions they seek to address. Our first theme, Reproducing the Status Quo, includes subthemes Alleging Inclusivity, and Refusing Accountability. In our second theme, Reproducing the Excludable Other, we discuss the subthemes Erasing, Problematising, and Hedging. We end with a critical discussion and knowledge mobilisation links aimed towards building better EDI policies.","PeriodicalId":47174,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics","volume":"15 1","pages":"193 - 209"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47988172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-16DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2023.2178479
Ilkka Virmasalo, Elina Hasanen, Janne Pyykönen, Marisofia Nurmi, Mikko Simula, Anna-Katriina Salmikangas, P. Muukkonen
ABSTRACT During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have been required adaptations in leisure-time physical activity (PA) especially due to restrictive policies concerning indoor sport facilities (ISF). This study investigated the effects of the constraints on ISF among residents of two low socioeconomic status suburbs in Finland. Research questions were: (1) Are sociodemographic characteristics associated with a reduced use of ISF during the pandemic? (2) Are sociodemographic characteristics associated with changes in the overall PA amount among those respondents with a reduced use of ISF? (3) Is the reduced use of ISF associated with an increased use of other PA environments (home environment, built outdoor facilities, unbuilt nature, and streets)? Three rounds of survey data (December 2020, February 2021, and June 2021) were collected (total n = 738) and analysed using descriptive statistics and binary and multinomial logistic regressions. A risk of reduced use of ISF was associated with the female gender, higher education, and higher reported PA level. Among those who had reduced their use of ISF, a decrease in overall PA was associated with the female gender and a non-native language. In general, PA declined, but indoor PA was often replaced through other environments. The constraints on ISF seem to not have intensified the socioeconomic polarisation of PA. Versatile PA environments available in the suburbs may have mitigated the negative effects. Public sport administration should continue to pay attention to the provision of diverse PA environments.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2022.2161599
S. Bekker, R. Storr, S. Patel, Payoshni Mitra
ABSTRACT This commentary develops the concept of gender inclusive sport: sport that is inclusive and affirming of––and safe for––all women and sex and gender minoritized people, regardless of whether their bodies, gender expression, and/or identity align neatly with normative notions of the female/male binary. Debates about the sports participation of transgender (trans) athletes and athletes with natural sex variations often assume a choice between inclusion on one side and fairness on the other, particularly in the context of women’s sport. In this commentary, we instead demonstrate the value of approaching equity and inclusion as allied causes. We offer four principles of Gender Inclusive Sport as an alternative policy and research paradigm: lead with inclusion; de-centre regulatory science; increase access to community and youth sport; and double down on gender equity. Whereas sports studies scholars have often focused on the important work of critiquing the existing regulatory and epistemic practices of sports governing bodies, we call on scholars to also engage in research that expands the knowledge base needed to build change. From the grassroots to the elite level, increasingly, there are opportunities to learn about the best practices and interventions that can support the realisation of Gender Inclusive Sport in practice.
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