The Political Economy of Mass Sport Participation Legacies From Large-Scale Sport Events: A Conceptual Paper

Thomson, A; Toohey, K; Darcy, S

The Political Economy of Mass Sport Participation Legacies From Large-Scale Sport Events: A Conceptual Paper

Thomson, A Toohey, K Darcy, S

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Citation:: Journal of Sport Management, 2020, pp. 1-12
Issue Date:: 2020

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dc.contributor.author	Thomson, A
dc.contributor.author	Toohey, K
dc.contributor.author	Darcy, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-2566
dc.date.accessioned	2021-01-07T04:00:00Z
dc.date.available	2021-01-07T04:00:00Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Sport Management, 2020, pp. 1-12
dc.identifier.issn	0888-4773
dc.identifier.issn	1543-270X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/145165
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p>Sport event studies have demonstrated that relevant stakeholders must share objectives and coordinate efforts to leverage a large-scale sport event to secure positive legacies. However, the challenging and complex task of collaboration between networks of diverse organizational stakeholders to secure legacies has received little scholarly attention. In this conceptual paper, the authors explore, through a political economy lens, differences between the political economies of sports and sport events pertaining to mass sport participation legacies. The authors focus on the mesolevel and consider how divergences in political economy elements—structure and context, stakeholders and ideas/incentives, and bargaining processes—influence the likelihood of mass sport participation legacies from large-scale sport events. The authors suggest a need for event legacy stakeholders to engage more meaningfully with the complexities surrounding securing mass sport participation legacies. In addition, they provide pragmatic, actionable implications for policy and practice to assist stakeholders in addressing the challenges they face to maximize legacy outcomes.</jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Human Kinetics
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Sport Management
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1123/jsm.2019-0166
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dc.subject	1503 Business and Management, 1504 Commercial Services, 1505 Marketing
dc.subject.classification	Sport, Leisure & Tourism
dc.title	The Political Economy of Mass Sport Participation Legacies From Large-Scale Sport Events: A Conceptual Paper
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

Sport event studies have demonstrated that relevant stakeholders must share objectives and coordinate efforts to leverage a large-scale sport event to secure positive legacies. However, the challenging and complex task of collaboration between networks of diverse organizational stakeholders to secure legacies has received little scholarly attention. In this conceptual paper, the authors explore, through a political economy lens, differences between the political economies of sports and sport events pertaining to mass sport participation legacies. The authors focus on the mesolevel and consider how divergences in political economy elements—structure and context, stakeholders and ideas/incentives, and bargaining processes—influence the likelihood of mass sport participation legacies from large-scale sport events. The authors suggest a need for event legacy stakeholders to engage more meaningfully with the complexities surrounding securing mass sport participation legacies. In addition, they provide pragmatic, actionable implications for policy and practice to assist stakeholders in addressing the challenges they face to maximize legacy outcomes.

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