The Independent European Sport Review : some policy issues and likely outcomes

SMITH, Andy and PLATTS, Chris (2008). The Independent European Sport Review : some policy issues and likely outcomes. Sport in Society, 11 (5), 583-597.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17430430802196637
Link to published version:: https://doi.org/10.1080/17430430802196637

Abstract

Published in May 2006, the Independent European Sport Review was the result of an initiative launched by the then British Sports Minister, Richard Caborn, during the UK presidency of the European Union in 2005. The Review provides a range of recommendations for improving the governance and organization of professional sport, particularly football, in Europe. Although many of the proposed reforms have yet to be introduced, the central object of this essay is to offer some preliminary sociological comments on the policy issues associated with the assumptions informing the Review, as well as the likely outcomes that may come to limit the effectiveness of the proposed reforms if they are implemented in the future. In doing so, it is claimed that many of the claims underlying the Review tend to be driven largely by ideological concerns; many of its numerous objectives are unclear and non-specific; and the failure to identify how the proposed reforms may be monitored and evaluated means that the efficacy of future policy designed to tackle the proposed reforms will be difficult to determine. The essay concludes by examining how the failure to appreciate adequately the centrality of differential power relations and relational impediments to effective policy-making means that the Review may prove to be particularly limited in achieving the desired objectives.

Item Type: Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Sport Industry Research Centre
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/17430430802196637
Page Range: 583-597
Depositing User: Rebecca Jones
Date Deposited: 31 Oct 2012 11:57
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 09:45
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6498

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