Collaboration in local sport services in England: issues emerging from case studies of two local authority areas
Lindsey, Iain (2009) Collaboration in local sport services in England: issues emerging from case studies of two local authority areas. International Journal of Sport Policy, 1, (1), 71-88. (doi:10.1080/19406940802681210).
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Description/Abstract
Encouraging collaboration has been a central component of the Labour government’s
drive to modernise the delivery of public services and has been a key facet of recent
sport policy in England. The proliferation of different forms of collaboration represents
a reaction to the changes instigated by previous Conservative governments, which created
a fragmented and congested state in which management approaches were based on
competition and the value for money delivered by individual governmental agencies.
However, the research literature on collaboration is somewhat limited by a lack of definitional
clarity and is also characterised by the diversity of theoretical approaches that
have been utilised. Research on collaboration in sport also remains in its infancy. To
begin to address this limitation, case studies of collaboration between agencies involved
in sport and physical activity for young people in two urban local authority areas are
presented. The case studies provide evidence of the importance of such collaborations
where there are a variety of sporting agencies that operate in changing local contexts.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1940-6940 (print) |
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| Keywords: | partnership, policy networks, collaborative advantage, local authorities |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Education > Leadership, School Improvement and Effectiveness |
| Item ID: | 65854 |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2009 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 12:52 |
| Contributors: | Lindsey, Iain (Author) |
| Date: | March 2009 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | I.Lindsey@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/65854 |
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