2011 Volume 19 Issue 2 Pages 19-32
While previous research has looked at discussions on “new public sectors,” none has looked at “new public commons” with respect to sport since the Democratic Party’s 2011 plan to become a “Strategy for Sports Nation.” The aim of this plan is to look at efforts towards “promoting the formation of sport communities” through considering “the formation of new sport communities based on independent clubs,” and “the formation of ‘new public commons’ based on previous efforts by the Board of Education.”
However, what remains unclear is how we differentiate between the hopeful results of regional sport policies that see “sport as a solution to regional issues (such as child rearing),” and those that might negate previous efforts by the Board of Education and that will tangibly impact “old public sectors.”
This article will focus on the symposium’s theme of “Who Supports Children’s Sport,” critiquing theories on “new public commons” while discussing the possibilities of establishing “non-profit, public-private partnerships” sport organizations.
