Is the Asset Transfer of Public Leisure Facilities in England an Example of Associative Democracy?

Administrative Sciences

Lindsay Findlay-King¹  Gordon Macfadyen¹  Deborah Forbes²  Geoff Nichols³ 

[1] Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK;Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University, Barrack Road,Newcastle upon Tyne Ne1 4SE, UK;Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, Conduit Road,Sheffield S10 1FL, UK;

关键词: associative democracy;    public provision;    leisure services;    volunteers;   

DOI  :  10.3390/admsci5020071

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In England, public sports facilities and libraries provided by local government are being transferred to management and delivery by volunteers. The catalyst for this development has been reductions in local government budgets. However, case studies explore if this asset transfer “offers a way of restoring the ideal of committed public service in the face of widespread bureaucratic failure and retreat”, as a form of associative democracy and empowerment of both the volunteers and those for whom the servicesare provided.

【 授权许可】

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