Local sport governing bodies represent an extremely important base for the functioning of organised sport activities at a national level. The nature of associational life of sport governing bodies therefore strongly depends on interaction and communication of different levels of governance. Using the concept of social capital, the paper is focused on the following question: What are the barriers undermining associational life of the Czech sport governing bodies? This question was addressed using as an object of study three different sport governing bodies in the Czech Republic organised in federations: handball, football and sailing. The study is based on the methodology of multi-sited ethnography and it uses a combination of techniques, such as participant observation, semi-structured interviews and secondary analysis of available documents.
Barriers of Sport Governance: ‘Local’ vs. ‘National’
NUMERATO, DINO
2009
Abstract
Local sport governing bodies represent an extremely important base for the functioning of organised sport activities at a national level. The nature of associational life of sport governing bodies therefore strongly depends on interaction and communication of different levels of governance. Using the concept of social capital, the paper is focused on the following question: What are the barriers undermining associational life of the Czech sport governing bodies? This question was addressed using as an object of study three different sport governing bodies in the Czech Republic organised in federations: handball, football and sailing. The study is based on the methodology of multi-sited ethnography and it uses a combination of techniques, such as participant observation, semi-structured interviews and secondary analysis of available documents.
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