Sport policy in the Netherlands

Waardenburg, Maikel; Bottenburg, Maarten van

doi:10.1080/19406940.2013.796566

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“…In a range of countries, including the Netherlands, voluntary sports clubs are the main provider of sport activities (Breuer et al, 2015;Waardenburg & van Bottenburg, 2013). This voluntary structure developed bottom up during the late nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century.…”

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“…Due to a general rise in sport participation (for instance in unorganized sport activities, school sport activities and/or commercial sport activities), the total market share of voluntary sports clubs is decreasing (van der Roest, Vermeulen, & van Bottenburg, 2015), as it has been in other countries (Ibsen & Seipel, 2010). Still, the voluntary structure plays a crucial role in the organisation of sport in the Netherlands (Waardenburg & van Bottenburg, 2013).…”

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“…Although the involvement of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in sport policy development has grown in recent decades, in terms of finances the most significant governmental actor in the Netherlands is still the 393 municipalities. Together, they account for 87% of public spending on sport (Waardenburg & van Bottenburg, 2013). Although direct public funding comprises only a small percentage of the total revenues of voluntary sports clubs, many VSCs receive a municipal rental discount on sport facilities of up to 50-80%.…”

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“…Several scholars noted that in a diverse range of countries, including the Netherlands, local governments fund the majority of sport facilities (Houlihan, 2005;Tiessen-Raaphorst, Verbeek, & Roest, 2010;Waardenburg & van Bottenburg, 2013). However, there is relatively little empirical research available on the content of local sport policies (an exception is King, 2009).…”

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Which wider social roles? An analysis of social roles ascribed to voluntary sports clubs

Waardenburg

2016

European Journal for Sport and Society

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It has long been established that voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) are ascribed a prominent social role by governments. Several scholars highlight the ascribed social values in sport policy to voluntary sports clubs and their possible implications for these voluntary organizations. Most of these studies focus on national sport policies. However, several studies signal a dominant role for local government in the public funding of sport. This discrepancy between local funding responsibility and scholarly attention to national sport policy legitimizes the following question: Which social roles do local governments ascribe to voluntary sports clubs? Further, the particularities of the social values of voluntary sports clubs have received only sparse attention. Using institutional theory as a theoretical lens, this paper addresses these lacunae through a systematic document analysis of the municipal sport policies of the twenty largest Dutch municipalities. These municipalities address four different social roles for voluntary sports clubs: (1) sports clubs as social infrastructure operators, (2) sports clubs as educational institutes, (3) sports clubs as service providers, and (4) sports clubs as project implementers. The article further elaborates on these four social roles and argues that these form a normative institutional framework for VSCs.

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2016

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“…The scope of the self-regulations includes rules for practice, rules for sport organisation and controlling play and rules during training and competitions. The role of the government consists primarily of the coordination of and encouragement of elite sport and sport for all (Waardenburg & Van Bottenburg, 2013). Dutch FCMACS lack such coordination and a clear social structure with agreed and enforced rules at all levels.…”

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Challenges in regulating full contact martial arts and combat sports

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Bottenburg

2016

International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

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We use the concept of governmentality to explore how different historically constituted regimes of practice operate to govern the thinking and practicing of full-contact martial arts and combat sports (FCMACS) in the Netherlands and consequently, to resist regulation. After conducting 43 interviews, observing a meeting and various FCMACS events, and analysing media and relevant documents, we conclude that the (traditional) boundaries between (commercialised) sports and government are strained since the government bans certain events and yet implements policy goals through community FCMACS. The public order and safety regime has now becomes relevant in addition to the already existing sport and economic regimes of practice. Each regime shapes constructions of problems and solutions differently and applies varying technologies of power that are historically and culturally appropriate to that regime. The terms 'dialogue of the deaf' and 'power vacuum' illustrate the resulting impasse. The data show that meanings about regulation of FCMACS are expressed, but not unravelled, discussed, or negotiated. The lack of supremacy of one of the regimes and/or the absence of balance in the adjustment of regimes causes a power vacuum. We concluded that the impasse will remain as long as the traditional order of fragmented and hierarchical regulation is not replaced by a new status quo regulating these sports. The use of the concept of governmentality enabled us to untangle regimes of practice and explain this impasse in the regulation of FCMACS.

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Loneliness and regular sports participation among people of Turkish and Moroccan origin and native Dutch people in the Netherlands. A longitudinal study

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Sport policy in the Netherlands

Cited by 18 publications

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Which wider social roles? An analysis of social roles ascribed to voluntary sports clubs

Which wider social roles? An analysis of social roles ascribed to voluntary sports clubs

Challenges in regulating full contact martial arts and combat sports

Loneliness and regular sports participation among people of Turkish and Moroccan origin and native Dutch people in the Netherlands. A longitudinal study

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