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From Standard to Directive: A Case Study on the Peculiar Policy Processes of Danish Stadium Funding.

Authors :
Alm, Jens
Storm, Rasmus K.
Source :
Journal of Global Sport Management; Dec2017, Vol. 2 Issue 4, p293-310, 18p
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

In 2003, the Danish Football Association introduced a new club licensing system for its first-tier clubs. Among the criteria for the system was a requirement for clubs to play at a stadium with a minimum capacity of 10,000 spectators. This paper aims to understand how the Danish Football Association and the Danish league clubs have succeeded in their efforts to make their licensing criteria a public concern by standardizing them at a municipal level. It presents a case study examining how the policy process surrounding the decision of building a new stadium in the Danish village Hobro changed – in a peculiar way – what in institutional theory is understood as a (voluntary) standard into a directive for Mariagerfjord Municipality. The case is illustrative of policy processes regarding stadium funding in other parts of Denmark and most likely in other Scandinavian countries. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
24704067
Volume :
2
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Global Sport Management
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
126411786
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2017.1381569