Dr Iain Lindsey iain.lindsey@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Governance in sport-for-development: Problems and possibilities of (not) learning from international development
Lindsey, I.
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Abstract
The lack of attention towards issues of governance in both global sport-for-development (SfD) policy and academic literature is placed in stark relief when compared to the significance accorded to such issues in international development. This article addresses this lacuna in sport-for-development by drawing on international development literature as well as interview data from representatives of international agencies, domestic governments and in-country non-governmental organisations involved with sport-for-development in Ghana and Tanzania. As previously recognised in other development sectors, the commonality of narrow, project-based approaches in sport-for-development contributes to excessive donor influence, fragmentation, competition and limits both impact and sustainability. It was in response to similar problems that, from the mid-1990s, Sector Wide Approaches were instigated within specific sectors in particular countries as a more systematic model of development governance based on leadership by the domestic government and co-ordination among donors and other stakeholders. Although interviewees’ perspectives and some exemplar sport-for-development initiatives aligned with key features of Sector Wide Approaches, significant challenges to their effective instigation in sport-for-development can be identified. Nevertheless, examining the applicability of Sector Wide Approaches to sport-for-development raises important issues that require further consideration and demonstrates the necessity that sport-for-development, more generally, learns from the longer-established field of international development.
Citation
Lindsey, I. (2017). Governance in sport-for-development: Problems and possibilities of (not) learning from international development. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 52(7), 801-818. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690215623460
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 1, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 6, 2016 |
Publication Date | Nov 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Dec 1, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 7, 2015 |
Journal | International Review for the Sociology of Sport |
Print ISSN | 1012-6902 |
Electronic ISSN | 1461-7218 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 52 |
Issue | 7 |
Pages | 801-818 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690215623460 |
Keywords | Global South, Partnership, Project-based aid, Sector-wide approaches, Sustainable development. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1425630 |
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Lindsey, I. (2017) 'Governance in sport-for-development : problems and possibilities of (not) learning from international development.', International review for the sociology of sport., 52 (7). pp. 801-818. Copyright © 2016 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
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