Democratic governance in sports : which role for the EU?
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Democratic governance in sports: which role for the EU?
Arnout Geeraert- HIVA-Research Institute for Work and Society, KU Leuven,Belgium- Institute for International and European Policy, KU Leuven, Belgium
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Which role for the EU in sport?
• Limited EU competence!-> Recognised autonomy-> 165 TFEU: Supporting, coordinating
• Sports world eschews government interference (cf private, self-grown networks in other sectors)
Given the fact that…
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Need for democratic control
• GLOBALISATION - Regulatory overstrech of Westphalian state
(Wolf, 2008)- Regulatory vacuum at international level (Scherer
and Palazzo, 2011) Powerful transnational actors are not
accountable (Baylis, Smith and Owens, 2008) -> MNCs, NGOs, but also… international sports
organisations!
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Need for democratic control
• GLOBALISATION: implications for democratic governance
-> Hirst (2000): “hierarchical organisations which are not subject to democratic control cannot be expected to have internal practices conductive to democratic manners”
-> Wolf (2008): “even the most prominent functional equivalents to the checks and balances cannot be provided by private actors alone”
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Complex environment
• In society: Increased complexity (multi-layered)-> horizontal methods of governance-> networked governance (state – civil society – market)
• In sport: commercialisation-> complex network with growing interdependence between business and sports world (Holt, 2007)
also calls for horizontal methods of governance
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Recent evolutions in sport governance
• EU involvement + stakeholder emancipation-> evolution towards networked governance!
• Potentially: democratic control PLUS efficiency!
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SOLUTION
• Second generation of governance network literature: how can we make them more democratic?
• “there is no reason why GN should NOT be held democratically accountable (Papadopoulos 2007)
• Desired role of public authority in the network: meta-governance through “steering”= via a series of more or less subtle and indirect forms of governance, politicians should seek to shape the free actions of the network actors in accordance with a number of pre-defined general procedural standards and substantial goals
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What does “steering” entail?
• European Commission: important role (cf role public administrators in governance networks)
• EU Parliament + Council:- Elected politicians: set overall goals- Support actions from the Commission
Why? Legitimise role Commission Whip in the window
(compliance)• Example: good governance principles• New research agenda!
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Contact details
Arnout GeeraertParkstraat 47 – 5300BE 3000 LEUVENtel. +32 (0) 498 [email protected]