Good Governance in Sport Critical Reflections

This book fills an important gap in the sport governance literature by engaging in critical reflection on the concept of ‘good governance’. It examines the theoretical perspectives that lead to different conceptualisations of governance and, therefore, to different standards for institutional quality. It explores the different practical strategies that have been employed to achieve the implementation of good governance principles. The first part of the book aims to shed light on the complexity and nuances of good governance by examining theoretical perspectives including leadership, value, feminism, culture and systems. The second part of the book has a practical focus, concentrating on reform strategies, from compliance policies and codes of ethics to external reporting and integrity systems. Together, these studies shed important new light on how we define and understand governance, and on the limits and capabilities of different methods for inducing good governance. With higher ethical standards demanded in sport business and management than ever before, this book is important reading for all advanced students and researchers with an interest in sport governance and sport policy, and for all sport industry professionals looking to improve their professional practice. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Foreword Jens Sejer Andersen Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: The Need for Critical Reflection on Good Governance in Sport Arnout Geeraert Part I: Critical Reflections on Theoretical Perspectives 2. A Rational Choice Perspective on Good Governance in Sport: The Necessity of Rules of the Game Arnout Geeraert 3. A Relational and Processual Perspective on Good Governance in Sport: Tackling the Deeper Problem Maarten van Bottenburg 4. The Value of a Public Value Perspective on Good Governance in Sport Frank van Eekeren 5. Feminist Perspectives on Good Governance in Sport: It is the Care that Guides the Doing Inge Claringbould, Annelies Knoppers and Ramon Spaaij 6. An Ethical Leadership Perspective on Good Governance in Sport: From Star Players to Team Sport Leonie Heres 7. A Relationship Perspective on Organisational Culture and Good Governance in Sport Vassil Girginov Part II: Critical Reflections on Policies and Practices Section A: Insider Perspectives 8. Towards ‘Good’ Good Governance Policies in Sport: Lessons from Australia Kate Corkery and Geoff Schoenberg 9. The Role of Sport Governance Consultants: Help or Hindrance? Rowland Jack 10. ‘Integrity’, ‘Independence’ and the Internal Reform of FIFA: A View from the Trenches Miguel Maduro and Joseph H.H. Weiler Section B: Academic Reflections 11. Institutional Enforced Board Diversity in Sport Clubs as Trigger of Us-Them Divisions Michel van Slobbe 12. Indicators of Good Governance in Sport Organisations: Handle with Care Arnout Geeraert 13. Sport Integrity Systems: A Recommended System for Promoting and Safeguarding Sport Integrity Lisa A. Kihl 14. Good Sport Governance and Design Archetype: One Size Doesn’t Fit All Milena M. Parent, Russell Hoye, Marijke Taks, Michael L. Naraine and Benoît Séguin 15. The Transferability of Western Principles and Values in the Governance of Sport Ian Henry 16. Stimulating Ethical Behaviour and Good Governance in Sport: The (Non)sense of Codes of Ethics Bram Constandt and Annick Willem 17. The Promises and Pitfalls of Codification of Governance in Sport as Legitimacy Work Richard Tacon and Geoff Walters 18. ‘Good’ Governance in Sport Strategies: Reforming Organisations by Adapting Management Competencies to Governance Functions Michaël Mrkonjic 19. Research on Good Governance in Sport: From Puberty to Adulthood Frank van Eekeren

Arnout Geeraert is Assistant Professor at the School of Governance, Utrecht University, Netherlands and Fellow at Leuven International and European Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium.   Frank van Eekeren is Associate professor at the School of Governance, Utrecht University, Netherlands and Professor of Applied Sciences at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.