Is the Asset Transfer of Public Leisure Facilities in England an Example of Associative Democracy?

Geoff Nichols, Deborah Forbes, Lindsay Findlay-King and Gordon Macfadyen
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Geoff Nichols: Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, Conduit Road, Sheffield S10 1FL, UK
Deborah Forbes: Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University, Barrack Road, Newcastle upon Tyne Ne1 4SE, UK
Lindsay Findlay-King: Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
Gordon Macfadyen: Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK

Administrative Sciences, 2015, vol. 5, issue 2, 1-17

Abstract: In England, public sports facilities and libraries provided by local government are being transferred to management and delivery by volunteers. The catalyst for this development has been reductions in local government budgets. However, case studies explore if this asset transfer “offers a way of restoring the ideal of committed public service in the face of widespread bureaucratic failure and retreat”, as a form of associative democracy and empowerment of both the volunteers and those for whom the services are provided.

Keywords: associative democracy; public provision; leisure services; volunteers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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