Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2023.2166564
Erik L. Lachance, M. Parent
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the Official Languages Act’s implementation and impact on collaboration between national sport organisations (NSOs) and Quebec provincial/territorial sport organisations (P/TSOs) in the Canadian sport system. Using the policy implementation process model as the theoretical framework, data were gathered through interviews with executives from 22 Quebec P/TSOs. Publicly available documents from the P/TSOs and their respective national-level counterparts were also collected. Interview data were thematically analysed and results suggest NSOs successfully implementing the Act had better collaborations with their provincial counterparts located in Quebec than those failing to do so. Researchers should consider the impact of bilingual-based policies and language on collaborative governance. Beyond NSOs purposefully hiring bilingual staff members, Sport Canada should implement more policy enforcement activities.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2023.2166974
K. Harris, Steven J. Henderson
ABSTRACT This paper provides a short response to the critique of realist evaluation written by Haudenhuyse and Debognies in 2022 in the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. No doubt experienced realist evaluators will have already made a wry judgement on the perspicacity of their opinions. However, new researchers and evaluation commissioners newly considering a realist approach may be dismayed by what they read.
{"title":"What doesn’t work, for whom and why in, “Let’s get realistic: why ‘what works’ will probably not work in evaluative sport research””: a response to Haudenhuyse and Debognies (2022)","authors":"K. Harris, Steven J. Henderson","doi":"10.1080/19406940.2023.2166974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2023.2166974","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper provides a short response to the critique of realist evaluation written by Haudenhuyse and Debognies in 2022 in the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. No doubt experienced realist evaluators will have already made a wry judgement on the perspicacity of their opinions. However, new researchers and evaluation commissioners newly considering a realist approach may be dismayed by what they read.","PeriodicalId":47174,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics","volume":"15 1","pages":"173 - 176"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44071889","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 : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2023.2171258
J. Grix
Our collection of Country Profiles offers a unique resource for scholars of sports studies more widely. To date we have over 30 Country Profiles from such diverse states as India, China, Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Iran, Venezuela, Australia, Cameroon, Lebanon, Jamaica, and several countries in Africa (Uganda, Kenya and Zambia). Common to all is a brief history of government involvement in sport; the current administrative structure and funding of sport in the country; the significance of the not-for-profit and commercial sectors involved in sport; the current public policy priorities and funding trends and the key contemporary or emerging issues or debates in sport policy. They also flag up any political issues around the provision of sport in the cases chosen.
{"title":"International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics: Country Profiles","authors":"J. Grix","doi":"10.1080/19406940.2023.2171258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2023.2171258","url":null,"abstract":"Our collection of Country Profiles offers a unique resource for scholars of sports studies more widely. To date we have over 30 Country Profiles from such diverse states as India, China, Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Iran, Venezuela, Australia, Cameroon, Lebanon, Jamaica, and several countries in Africa (Uganda, Kenya and Zambia). Common to all is a brief history of government involvement in sport; the current administrative structure and funding of sport in the country; the significance of the not-for-profit and commercial sectors involved in sport; the current public policy priorities and funding trends and the key contemporary or emerging issues or debates in sport policy. They also flag up any political issues around the provision of sport in the cases chosen.","PeriodicalId":47174,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics","volume":"15 1","pages":"1 - 1"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48334224","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 : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2022.2161598
J. Shelley, Sam N Thrower, A. Petróczi
ABSTRACT Agents, race-organisers, and sponsors have a key influence in shaping the world of elite professional distance running. Yet to date this important but hard-to-reach stakeholder group has been omitted from the global research landscape of doping and anti-doping. The purpose of this study is to address this gap in the literature and explore the systematic contributors to doping in elite long-distance running, along with potential solutions to this issue, from this influential perspective. Thirteen in-depth interviews were conducted with agents (n = 8) of world-class long-distance runners, major race organisers (n = 3), and sports marketing managers for global brands (n = 2). The interviews were conducted via the phone, audio-recorded, and transcribed verbatim. Reflexive thematic analysis generated three themes which focused on: 1) The framework of professional distance running and the contextual aspects which may contribute to doping risk, 2) the impact of various recruitment strategies on doping and anti-doping, and 3) the lessons that can be learnt from the participants’ first-hand experiences with doping cases and/or managing anti-doping requirements. Reflecting on the sector rather than the sample, the results highlighted that not all commercial stakeholders feel responsible for anti-doping. Collective responsibility from all stakeholders, which is currently borne by some and not others, is necessary to minimise doping in distance running. The challenge is how to convince all stakeholders of their share of the responsibility.
{"title":"Whose job is it anyway? A qualitative investigation into the influence of agents, race organisers, and sponsors on the risk of doping in elite distance running","authors":"J. Shelley, Sam N Thrower, A. Petróczi","doi":"10.1080/19406940.2022.2161598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2022.2161598","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Agents, race-organisers, and sponsors have a key influence in shaping the world of elite professional distance running. Yet to date this important but hard-to-reach stakeholder group has been omitted from the global research landscape of doping and anti-doping. The purpose of this study is to address this gap in the literature and explore the systematic contributors to doping in elite long-distance running, along with potential solutions to this issue, from this influential perspective. Thirteen in-depth interviews were conducted with agents (n = 8) of world-class long-distance runners, major race organisers (n = 3), and sports marketing managers for global brands (n = 2). The interviews were conducted via the phone, audio-recorded, and transcribed verbatim. Reflexive thematic analysis generated three themes which focused on: 1) The framework of professional distance running and the contextual aspects which may contribute to doping risk, 2) the impact of various recruitment strategies on doping and anti-doping, and 3) the lessons that can be learnt from the participants’ first-hand experiences with doping cases and/or managing anti-doping requirements. Reflecting on the sector rather than the sample, the results highlighted that not all commercial stakeholders feel responsible for anti-doping. Collective responsibility from all stakeholders, which is currently borne by some and not others, is necessary to minimise doping in distance running. The challenge is how to convince all stakeholders of their share of the responsibility.","PeriodicalId":47174,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics","volume":"15 1","pages":"23 - 44"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47317790","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 : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2023.2166975
Rubiana Cury, Millicent Kennelly, M. Howes
ABSTRACT The 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games commitment to deliver a ‘climate-positive’ Games raises concerns about the current environmental actions of Australian Olympic sport organisations. This study adapts a policy assessment framework, founded on environmental policy integration (EPI), to analyse the responses of Australian Olympic sport organisations to environmental sustainability. The integration of environmental considerations into sport policy is arguably critical to helping the sport industry transition to sustainable operations. However, an analysis of official documents found that the environmental responses of Australian Olympic sport organisations are limited and insufficient. It is argued that sport organisations need to develop more comprehensive mitigation and adaptation goals, change strategic directions, and integrate environmental policies into their mainstream activities. This transition should be supported by environmental impact and climate vulnerability assessments as well existing sport specific international frameworks (e.g., UN Sport for Climate Action Framework) and sustainability policies of international sports federations. The assessment framework used here has the potential to support the monitoring and evaluation of environmental policy integration within sport.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2022.2161601
Jesse Couture, Brad Millington, B. Wilson
ABSTRACT This article contributes to literature on the politics of sport facility provision through a case study of urban public golf courses in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver is consistently rated among the least affordable cities in the world. The city’s three primely-located public golf courses – McCleery, Langara, and Fraserview – have thus been subjects of periodic debate: might they be redeveloped for other uses, such as housing? Herein, we report on a frame analysis aimed at unearthing and contrasting different responses to this question. Drawing from publicly-accessible materials, we specifically identify three positions on public golf’s future: 1) that golf courses should remain as they are; 2) that golf course land should be redeveloped, in part for housing; and 3) that golf courses should be converted to public parks and other recreational facilities. Notably, the same three frames have been mobilised in support of these three positions, albeit in competing ways: an economic frame where public golf is positioned as either sufficiently profitable, or not; an access and equity frame that focuses on matters such as affordable housing and fairness in leisure service provision; and an environmental frame that focuses mainly on the ecology of green space. These findings inform a discussion of the Vancouver case and the issue of competing virtues in sport facility provision. The fact that proponents of all three positions in the Vancouver debate effectively present an argument based on sustainable development is deemed a complicating factor in arriving at a consensus pathway forward.
{"title":"Who is the city for? Sports facilities and the case of Vancouver’s public golf courses","authors":"Jesse Couture, Brad Millington, B. Wilson","doi":"10.1080/19406940.2022.2161601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2022.2161601","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article contributes to literature on the politics of sport facility provision through a case study of urban public golf courses in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver is consistently rated among the least affordable cities in the world. The city’s three primely-located public golf courses – McCleery, Langara, and Fraserview – have thus been subjects of periodic debate: might they be redeveloped for other uses, such as housing? Herein, we report on a frame analysis aimed at unearthing and contrasting different responses to this question. Drawing from publicly-accessible materials, we specifically identify three positions on public golf’s future: 1) that golf courses should remain as they are; 2) that golf course land should be redeveloped, in part for housing; and 3) that golf courses should be converted to public parks and other recreational facilities. Notably, the same three frames have been mobilised in support of these three positions, albeit in competing ways: an economic frame where public golf is positioned as either sufficiently profitable, or not; an access and equity frame that focuses on matters such as affordable housing and fairness in leisure service provision; and an environmental frame that focuses mainly on the ecology of green space. These findings inform a discussion of the Vancouver case and the issue of competing virtues in sport facility provision. The fact that proponents of all three positions in the Vancouver debate effectively present an argument based on sustainable development is deemed a complicating factor in arriving at a consensus pathway forward.","PeriodicalId":47174,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics","volume":"15 1","pages":"45 - 62"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46410338","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 : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2022.2161595
Margot Ricour, Veerle De Bosscher, S. Shibli
ABSTRACT Regular involvement in organised youth sport boosts the likelihood of lifelong sport participation. However, increasing dropout rates in sport clubs and alarming levels of young people not meeting physical activity guidelines may suggest that the organised sport sector’s efforts have been insufficient to date. This situation calls for evaluation of the applicable youth sport policy to determine how organised youth sport is intended to operate and to articulate whether and how the policy achieves its stated goals. Accordingly, this paper identifies and analyses initiatives of national governing bodies (NGBs) to increase participation rates and improve the quality of youth sport in their affiliated sport clubs, using Flanders as a case study. A theory-based evaluation was applied working with qualitative data derived from extensive document analysis and five focus groups with representatives of 19 Flemish NGBs. The results reveal that the focus of NGBs is narrowed to increasing participation rates of youth members and building a sound organisational structure in sport clubs, rather than investing in the quality of provision to maximise enjoyment. Furthermore, most of the initiatives lack a clearly articulated strategy and are based on assumed mechanisms, rather than on prior understanding of effective processes. This study adds to the scarce literature on sport policy evaluation research by mapping out NGBs’ youth sport initiatives and using a theoretical lens through which to evaluate them. For practitioners, the results demonstrate the usefulness of a logic model to evaluate youth sport policy and to optimise the effectiveness of the initiatives employed.
{"title":"The logic behind the initiatives of national governing bodies in Flanders to improve organised youth sport: A theory-based evaluation approach","authors":"Margot Ricour, Veerle De Bosscher, S. Shibli","doi":"10.1080/19406940.2022.2161595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2022.2161595","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Regular involvement in organised youth sport boosts the likelihood of lifelong sport participation. However, increasing dropout rates in sport clubs and alarming levels of young people not meeting physical activity guidelines may suggest that the organised sport sector’s efforts have been insufficient to date. This situation calls for evaluation of the applicable youth sport policy to determine how organised youth sport is intended to operate and to articulate whether and how the policy achieves its stated goals. Accordingly, this paper identifies and analyses initiatives of national governing bodies (NGBs) to increase participation rates and improve the quality of youth sport in their affiliated sport clubs, using Flanders as a case study. A theory-based evaluation was applied working with qualitative data derived from extensive document analysis and five focus groups with representatives of 19 Flemish NGBs. The results reveal that the focus of NGBs is narrowed to increasing participation rates of youth members and building a sound organisational structure in sport clubs, rather than investing in the quality of provision to maximise enjoyment. Furthermore, most of the initiatives lack a clearly articulated strategy and are based on assumed mechanisms, rather than on prior understanding of effective processes. This study adds to the scarce literature on sport policy evaluation research by mapping out NGBs’ youth sport initiatives and using a theoretical lens through which to evaluate them. For practitioners, the results demonstrate the usefulness of a logic model to evaluate youth sport policy and to optimise the effectiveness of the initiatives employed.","PeriodicalId":47174,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics","volume":"15 1","pages":"81 - 108"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47478163","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 : 2022-12-30DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2022.2162102
Takuya Shimokubo
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to identify the fluctuation of national pride during the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021. Previous research has found that hosting mega sporting events increases national pride. However, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games were held under a situation different than that considered by conventional research. The Tokyo Olympic Games faced opposition from public opinion due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This research involved two surveys conducted before and after the Tokyo Olympic Games. The results showed that people’s national pride increased. Furthermore, the impact of the Tokyo Olympic Games varied across individuals. Respondents who were anxious about COVID-19 experienced a smaller increase in national pride due to the event than those who were less anxious about COVID-19. This research concludes that hosting mega sporting events can increase national pride, but this effect is limited in the context of severe social issues. The limitations of this research and directions for future research are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-22DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2022.2161597
Tony Blomqvist Mickelsson
ABSTRACT The world is, again, witnessing a humanitarian ‘crisis’, as over seven million Ukrainian refugees have fled the border at the time of writing. Culturally sensitive practices are keys in leveraging sport for migrants. Yet, this research has not explored what cultural sensitivity is, regarding Central- and Eastern European (CEE) migrants. This paper assessed culturally contingent components when considering CEE migrants inclusion into European sport. The Delphi method was deployed, and three rounds of data collection were conducted. 19 CEE experts in sport (researchers, NGOs, governmental employees) were recruited to jointly produce a set of consensual directives. The results were analysed with Bronfenbrenner’s Process-Person-Context-Time model. The key agreements consisted of four significant themes. Facilitators included shared experiences of (organised) sport, and CEE migrants’ familiarity with other cultures. Barriers included the nature of labour migration on time- and economy to engage in leisure, and stereotypical and misleading perceptions of ‘post-soviet residents’. In conclusion, the results show that a range of similarities may exist between CEE and European (sport) contexts that could be conducive to CEE migrants’ inclusion into European sport, but that practitioners will need to be aware of sensitive Soviet history.
{"title":"Understanding Central- and Eastern European migrants’ inclusion into sport: a Delphi study","authors":"Tony Blomqvist Mickelsson","doi":"10.1080/19406940.2022.2161597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2022.2161597","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The world is, again, witnessing a humanitarian ‘crisis’, as over seven million Ukrainian refugees have fled the border at the time of writing. Culturally sensitive practices are keys in leveraging sport for migrants. Yet, this research has not explored what cultural sensitivity is, regarding Central- and Eastern European (CEE) migrants. This paper assessed culturally contingent components when considering CEE migrants inclusion into European sport. The Delphi method was deployed, and three rounds of data collection were conducted. 19 CEE experts in sport (researchers, NGOs, governmental employees) were recruited to jointly produce a set of consensual directives. The results were analysed with Bronfenbrenner’s Process-Person-Context-Time model. The key agreements consisted of four significant themes. Facilitators included shared experiences of (organised) sport, and CEE migrants’ familiarity with other cultures. Barriers included the nature of labour migration on time- and economy to engage in leisure, and stereotypical and misleading perceptions of ‘post-soviet residents’. In conclusion, the results show that a range of similarities may exist between CEE and European (sport) contexts that could be conducive to CEE migrants’ inclusion into European sport, but that practitioners will need to be aware of sensitive Soviet history.","PeriodicalId":47174,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics","volume":"15 1","pages":"109 - 124"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41794971","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 : 2022-10-27DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2022.2139742
G. Telesca
ABSTRACT It is usually forgotten that Olympic legacy is a prospective concept, a forward-thinking exercise. Preparing, implementing and delivering an Olympic bid takes more than a decade, a period during which healthy democracies tend to produce new local, regional and national governments, hence prompting changes in the direction of, and the priorities to be pursued through, the Games. This article looks at the 2012 Olympics – generally considered a ‘successful’ Games – through the lens of the urban regeneration of Stratford, where most of the Olympic structures were located. The Games were an almost exclusive Labour party affair until 2008: the election of a new London mayor and the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), combined with the ousting of the Labour national government in 2010, changed this situation. If Labour conceived and started implementing the Olympic project, it was a Conservative mayor and a Conservative-led coalition government that completed it. This work argues that the GFC was used by the new mayor of London and the new British government to focus on recouping government expenditures and prioritising market forces over the local community, hence (partially) derailing the urban regeneration legacy of the 2012 Olympics. While London 2012 demonstrates that the New Labour experience cannot be eradicated as the prosecution of Thatcherism by other means, it also confirms that Olympic legacies – urban regeneration in the specific case of this work – represent one of the biggest ‘known unknowns’ of sports mega-events.
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