Regional policy and organizational fields in multi-level sport governance

References

• Barnes, M., Cousens, L., & MacLean, J. (2007). From silos to synergies: A network perspective of the Canadian sport system. International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 2(5/6), 555–571. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSMM.2007.013967
   Google Scholar
• Bates, D., & Hylton, K. (2021). Asset-based community sport development: Putting community first. Managing Sport and Leisure, 26(1-2), 133–144. https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2020.1822754
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baxter, P., & Jack, S. (2008). Qualitative case study methodology: Study design and implementation for novice researchers. The Qualitative Report, 13(4), 544–559.
   Google Scholar
• Bergsgard, N. A., Houlihan, B., Manset, P., Nødland, S. I., & Fommetvedt, H. (2007). Sport policy: A comparative analysis of stability and change. Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Bjärsholm, D., & Norberg, J. R. (2021). Swedish Sport Policy in an Era of Neoliberalism: An Expression of Social Entrepreneurship. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3, 715310.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Canadian Heritage. (1995). Sport funding accountability framework. https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/sport-support/accountability-framework.html
   Google Scholar
• Canadian Heritage. (2012). The Canadian sport policy 2012.
   Google Scholar
• Comeau, G. S. (2013). The evolution of Canadian sport policy. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 5(1), 73–93. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2012.694368
   Google Scholar
• Conteh, C. (2012). Public management in an age of complexity: Regional economic development in Canada. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 25(607), 464–472. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513551211260649
   Google Scholar
• Conteh, C. (2021). Strategic adaptation of city-regions in federal systems: Comparing Canada and the United States. Territory, Politics, Governance, 9(1), 56–75. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2019.1617772
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cousens, L., & Slack, T. (2005). Field-level change: The case of North American Major League professional sport. Journal of Sport Management, 19(1), 13–42. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.19.1.13
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cureton, K., & Frisby, W. (2011). Staff perspectives on how social liberal and neo-liberal values influence the implementation of leisure access policy. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 3(1), 3–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2010.544665
   Google Scholar
• De Bock, T., Scheerder, J., Theeboom, M., De Clerck, T., Constandt, B., & Willem, A. (2021). Sport-for-all policies in sport federations: An institutional theory perspective. European Sport Management Quarterly, 1–23.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• DiMaggio, P. J., & Powell, W. W. (1983). The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields. American Sociological Review, 48(2), 147–160. https://doi.org/10.2307/2095101
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Doherty, A., Misener, K., & Cuskelly, G. (2014). Toward a multidimensional framework of capacity in community sport clubs. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 43(2), 124S–142S. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764013509892
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Edwards, J. R., Mason, D. S., & Washington, M. (2009). Institutional pressures, government funding and provincial sport organisations. International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 6(2), 128–149. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSMM.2009.028798
   Google Scholar
• Eidelman, G., Hachard, T., & Slack, E. (2018). In it together: Clarifying provincial-municipal responsibilities in Ontario. Ontario 360. https://on360.ca/policy-papers/in-it-together-clarifying-provincial-municipal-responsibilities-in-ontario/#:~:text=In%20It%20Together%3A%20Clarifying%20Provincial-Municipal%20Responsibilities%20in%20Ontario,In%20It%20Together%3A%20Clarifying%20Provincial-Municipal%20Responsibilities%20in%20Ontario
   Google Scholar
• Fahlén, J. (2017). The trust-mistrust dynamic in the public governance of sport: Exploring the legitimacy of performance measurement systems through end-users’ perceptions. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 9(4), 707–722. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2017.1348965
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fahlén, J., Eliasson, I., & Wickman, K. (2015). Resisting self-regulation: An analysis of sport policy programme making and implementation in Sweden. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 7(3), 391–406. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2014.925954
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fahlén, J., & Stenling, C. (2019). (Re) conceptualizing institutional change in sport management contexts: The unintended consequences of sport organizations’ everyday organizational life. European Sport Management Quarterly, 19(2), 265–285. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2018.1516795
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gérard, S., Legg, D., & Zintz, T. (2017). Multi-level analysis of institutional formation and change: The case of the Paralympic movement. Sport, Business and Management, 7(5), 515–541. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-10-2016-0068
   Google Scholar
• Gillespie, K. (2015, April 8). Ontario Sport Alliance loses funds, heading for bankruptcy. The Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/panamgames/2015/04/08/ontario-sport-alliance-loses-funding-headed-for-bankruptcy.html
   Google Scholar
• Government of Canada. (2012). Canadian sport policy. https://sirc.ca/wp-content/uploads/files/content/docs/Document/csp2012_en.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Government of Canada. (2021). Sport participation. Retrieved October 12, 2021, from https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/sport-participation.html
   Google Scholar
• Government of Ontario. (1996). A strategy for amateur sport in Ontario.
   Google Scholar
• Government of Ontario. (2004, October 25). New physical activity strategy means healthier Ontarians: ACTIVE2010 creates more fitness opportunities, helps get Ontarians moving. [Press release]. https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/4443/new-physical-activity-strategy-means-healthier-ontarians#
   Google Scholar
• Government of Ontario. (2008, October 2). October 2008: Pan Am bid officially launched [Press release]. https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1220/october-2008-pan-am-bid-officially-launched
   Google Scholar
• Government of Ontario. (2009, June 26). Recreation facilities score funding for upgrades [Press release]. https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/7569/recreation-facilities-score-funding-for-upgrades
   Google Scholar
• Government of Ontario. (2011, December 7). Ontario adds sport to tourism and culture [Press release]. https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/19759/ontario-adds-sport-to-tourism-and-culture
   Google Scholar
• Government of Ontario. (2012, July 10). 2015 games boosting Ontario’s economy: McGuinty Government creating new jobs and sport facilities for communities [Press release]. https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/21517/2015-games-boosting-ontarios-economy
   Google Scholar
• Government of Ontario. (2013, January 15). Government of Ontario providing more opportunities for sport and recreation: McGuinty government building strong, fit communities [Press release]. https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/23076/ontario-providing-more-opportunities-for-sport-and-recreation
   Google Scholar
• Government of Ontario. (2014). 2014 Mandate letter: Tourism, culture and sport: Premier’s instructions to the Minister on priorities for the year 2014. https://dr6j45jk9xcmk.cloudfront.net/documents/3685/mandate-letter-2014-mtcs.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Green, M., & Houlihan, B. (2004). Advocacy coalitions and elite sport policy change in Canada and the United Kingdom. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 39(4), 387–403. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690204049066
   Google Scholar
• Green, M., & Houlihan, B. (2006). Governmentality, modernization, and the “disciplining” of national sporting organizations: Athletics in Australia and the United Kingdom. Sociology of Sport Journal, 23(1), 47–71. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.23.1.47
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Green, M., & Oakley, B. (2001). Elite sport development systems and playing to win: Uniformity and diversity in international approaches. Leisure Studies, 20(4), 247–267. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614360110103598
   Google Scholar
• Healthy Kids Panel. (2013). No time to wait: The healthy kids strategy. https://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/common/ministry/publications/reports/healthy_kids/healthy_kids.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Jedlicka, S. R., Harris, S., & Houlihan, B. (2022). Policy analysis in sport management” revisited: A critique and discussion. Journal of Sport Management, 36(6), 521–533. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2021-0193
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kitchin, P. J., & Howe, P. D. (2013). How can the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu assist sport management research? Sport Management Review, 16(2), 123–134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2012.09.003
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Krücken, G., & Meier, F. (2006). Turning the university into an organizational actor. In G. S. Drori, J. W. Meyer, & H. Hwang (Eds.), Globalization and organization: World society and organizational change (pp. 241–257). Oxford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Llewellyn, J., & Rich, K. A. (2023). Youth development in municipal recreation policy: A case study of Ontario, Canada. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, online first.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lupton, D. (2013). Risk (2nd ed.). Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Ministry of Citizenship, Culture & Recreation. (1996). Strategy for amateur sport in Ontario.
   Google Scholar
• Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. (1987). A community recreation policy statement.
   Google Scholar
• Misener, K., & Doherty, A. (2013). Understanding capacity through the processes and outcomes of interorganizational relationships in nonprofit community sport organizations. Sport Management Review, 16(2), 135–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2012.07.003
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Misener, L., & Schulenkorf, N. (2016). Rethinking the social value of sport events through an asset-based community development (ABCD) perspective. Journal of Sport Management, 30(3), 329–340. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2015-0203
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nite, C., & Edwards, J. (2021). From isomorphism to institutional work: Advancing institutional theory in sport management research. Sport Management Review, 24(5), 815–838. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2021.1896845
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Oncescu, J., & Fortune, M. (2022a). Neoliberalism’s influence on recreation access provisions: Municipal recreation practitioners’ perspectives. Journal of Leisure Research, 1–20. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.2022.2044942
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Oncescu, J., & Fortune, M. (2022b). Keeping citizens living with low incomes at arm’s length away: The responsibilization of municipal recreation access provisions. Leisure/Loisir, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/14927713.2022.2032806
   Google Scholar
• Pal, L. (1992). Beyond policy analysis: Public issue management in turbulent times. Thompson.
   Google Scholar
• Parent, M. M., Naraine, M. L., & Hoye, R. (2018). A new era for governance structures and processes in Canadian national sport organizations. Journal of Sport Management, 32(6), 555–566. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2018-0037
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rich, K., & Misener, L. (2019). Playing on the periphery: Troubling sport policy, systemic exclusion and the role of sport in rural Canada. Sport in Society, 22(6), 1005–1024. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2019.1565387
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rich, K. A., Moore, E., Boggs, J., & Pegoraro, A. (2022). Mapping women’s community sport participation to inform sport development initiatives: A case study of Row Ontario. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 129, https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.836525
   Google Scholar
• Rich, K. A., Nicholson, M., Randle, E., Staley, K., O’Halloran, P., Belski, R., Kappelides, P., & Donaldson, A. (2022). Participant-Centered sport development: A case study using the leisure constraints of women in regional communities. Leisure Sciences, 44(3), 323–342. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2018.1553124
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Robertson, J., Dowling, M., Washington, M., Leopkey, B., Ellis, D. L., & Smith, L. (2022). Institutional theory in sport: A scoping review. Journal of Sport Management, 36(5), 459–472. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2021-0179
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rose, M. (2006). Sport policy and multi-level governance: A case study of Ontario and Quebec [Unpublished masters thesis]. University of Ottawa.
   Google Scholar
• Sam, M. P. (2009). The public management of sport: Wicked problems, challenges and dilemmas. Public Management Review, 11(4), 499–514. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719030902989565
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sancton, A. (2000). Amalgamations, service realignment and property taxes: Did the Harris Government have a plan for Ontario's municipalities? Canadian Journal of Regional Science, 23(1), 135–156.
   Google Scholar
• Savoie, D. J. (2019). Democracy in Canada: The disintegration of our institutions. McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP.
   Google Scholar
• Scott, W. R. (1995). Institutions and organizations. SAGE.
   Google Scholar
• Shilbury, D., Ferkins, L., & Smythe, L. (2013). Sport governance encounters: Insights from lived experiences. Sport Management Review, 16(3), 349–363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2012.12.001
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shilbury, D., O’Boyle, I., & Ferkins, L. (2016). Towards a research agenda in collaborative sport governance. Sport Management Review, 19(5), 479–491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2016.04.004
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Siegel, D. (2003). Recent changes in provincial – municipal relations in Ontario: A new era or a missed opportunity?. In R. Young & C. Leuprecht (Eds.), Municipal-federal-provincial relations in Canada (pp. 181–197). McGill-Queens University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Silk, M. L., & Andrews, D. L. (2012). Sport and neoliberalism: Politics, consumption, and culture. Temple University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Skille, E. Å. (2008). Understanding sport clubs as sport policy implementers: A theoretical framework for the analysis of the implementation of central sport policy through local and voluntary sport organizations. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 43(2), 181–200. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690208096035
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Skille, E. Å. (2011). Sport for all in scandinavia: Sport policy and participation in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 3(3), 327–339. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2011.596153
   Google Scholar
• Skirstad, B., & Chelladurai, P. (2011). For ‘love’and money: A sports club’s innovative response to multiple logics. Journal of Sport Management, 25(4), 339–353. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.25.4.339
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Spaaij, R., Magee, J., Farquharson, K., Gorman, S., Jeanes, R., Lusher, D., & Storr, R. (2018). Diversity work in community sport organizations: Commitment, resistance and institutional change. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 53(3), 278–295. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690216654296
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sport Alliance of Ontario. (2010). Strategic plan 2010–2013.
   Google Scholar
• Stake, R. E. (1995). The art of case study research. SAGE.
   Google Scholar
• Stenling, C. (2014). Sport programme implementation as translation and organizational identity construction: The implementation of drive-in sport in Swedish sports as an illustration. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 6(1), 55–69. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2013.766900
   Google Scholar
• Stenling, C., & Fahlén, J. (2009). The order of logics in Swedish sport–feeding the hungry beast of result orientation and commercialization. European Journal for Sport and Society, 6(2), 121–134. https://doi.org/10.1080/16138171.2009.11687833
   Google Scholar
• Thibault, L., & Babiak, K. (2005). Organizational changes in Canada's sport system: Toward an athlete-centred approach. European Sport Management Quarterly, 5(2), 105–132. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184740500188623
   Google Scholar
• Thibault, L., & Harvey, J. (2013). Sport policy in Canada. University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de, l’Université, d’Ottawa.
   Google Scholar
• Tindal, R. (2015). Unit 1: Introduction to local government: Municipal administration program. Association of Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Ontario.
   Google Scholar
• Tink, L. N., Peers, D., Nykiforuk, C. I. J., & Kingsley, B. C. (2020). Moving beyond ideology: Contemporary recreation and the neoliberal discourses of new public health. Leisure Studies, 39(6), 767–781. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2020.1778772
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vodden, K., Douglas, D. J., Markey, S., & Minnes, S., & Reimer, B. (Ed.). (2019). The theory, practice and potential of regional development: The case of Canada. Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Washington, M., & Patterson, K. D. (2011). Hostile takeover or joint venture: Connections between institutional theory and sport management research. Sport Management Review, 14(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2010.06.003
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Woolford, A., & Nelund, A. (2013). The responsibilities of the poor: Performing neoliberal citizenship within the bureaucratic field. Social Service Review, 87(2), 292–318. https://doi.org/10.1086/671072
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wooten, M., & Hoffman, A. (2017). Organizational fields: Past, present and future. In R. Greenwood, C. Oliver, T. B. Lawrence, & R. E. Meyer (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of organizational institutionalism (pp. 55–74). SAGE Publications.
   Google Scholar
• Wright, A. L. (2009). Domination in organizational fields: It’s just not cricket. Organization, 16(6), 855–885. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508409337582
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wynne, K., & Coteau, M. (2014). Mandate letter: Tourism, Culture and Sport Premier’s instructions to the Minister on priorities for the year 2014. Premier of Ontario.
   Google Scholar