Is the Asset Transfer of Public Leisure Facilities in England an Example of Associative Democracy?
Nichols, G.S., Forbes, D., Findlay-King, L. et al. (1 more author)
(2015)
Is the Asset Transfer of Public Leisure Facilities in England an Example of Associative Democracy?
Administrative Sciences, 5 (2).
pp. 71-87.
ISSN 2076-3387
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.
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Authors/Creators:
Nichols, G.S.
Forbes, D.
Findlay-King, L.
MacFadyen, G.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords:
associative democracy; public provision; leisure services; volunteers
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