From corporatism to open networks? Structural changes in German sport policy-making
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Von Lobbyismus zum offenen Netzwerk? Strukturwandel in der deutschen Sportpolitik |
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Autor: | Meier, Henk Erik; Fuchs, Alexander |
Erschienen in: | International journal of sport policy and politics |
Veröffentlicht: | 6 (2014), 3, S. 327-348, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 1940-6940, 1940-6959 |
DOI: | 10.1080/19406940.2013.812573 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201504002962 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
Since the Second World War, policy-making in German sport has strongly relied on neo-corporatist arrangements where the sport associations possess negotiation capacities as well as co-regulatory skills and enjoy routine access to the government. Recently, however, a number of neo-corporatist arrangements in Germany have been eroding or have been completely refined. Accordingly, interest group involvement has been transformed from neo-corporatism into competitive corporatism or into more ‘open’ policy networks. Given these far-reaching changes, we explore whether policy-making in sport shows similar trends due to a number of exogenous shocks. We propose that some of the issues at stake can be addressed by conducting a quantitative study on access patterns to federal policy-making. Our findings support the idea of more complex and interdependent policy-making in sport. However, we find hardly any evidence for eroding neo-corporatism but for increased politicization of sport policy. Moreover, our study makes the limitations of a pure sociometric approach evident. While network analysis appears to be a useful tool, it has been complemented by qualitative accounts of policy processes. Verf.-Referat