Abstract
This paper focuses on the dispute resolution mechanisms in sport, with particular attention paid to non-professional sport and its governance. Providing a brief summary of the literature on the topic, we argue that mainly two aspects of dispute resolution mechanisms have been highlighted in academic discussion: their ethical and moral character and their legal nature. Yet, except for these two relevant approaches, a more sociological approach of understanding the nature of these processes in the context of informal networks, unwritten rules and struggles over power islargely missing. To grasp this missing piece, we identify the mechanisms used by sport associations and their members to anticipate the disputes and we distinguish between three different types of dispute resolution mechanisms: proto-disputes, formal disputes, and meta-disputes. The paper draws on rich empirical evidence gathered during a multi-sited ethnographic study focused on both sport practice and governance, carried out in the Czech Republic and Denmark.
Highlights
Introduction Dispute Resolution Mechanisms inTo Govern or to Dispute? Remarks on the Social Nature of Dispute Resolutions in Czech and DanishSport and their Academic Reflection Dispute Resolutions in the C ontext of Sports Associationsi Sport GovernanceDino Numerato, Bocconi University
This paper focuses on the dispute resolution mechanisms in sport, with particular attention paid to non-professional sport and its governance
Except for these two relevant approaches, a more sociological approach of understanding the nature of these processes in the context of informal networks, unwritten rules and struggles over power is largely missing. To grasp this missing piece, we identify the mechanisms used by sport associations and their members to anticipate the disputes and we distinguish between three different types of dispute resolution mechanisms: proto-disputes, formal disputes, and meta-disputes
Summary
Introduction Dispute Resolution Mechanisms inTo Govern or to Dispute? Remarks on the Social Nature of Dispute Resolutions in Czech and DanishSport and their Academic Reflection Dispute Resolutions in the C ontext of Sports Associationsi Sport GovernanceDino Numerato, Bocconi University. The withdrawal of the Head of the Appeal and Revision Committee and the 3 extract from the open letter, foreshadow the main focus of this paper: the increasing volume of disputes and the mechanisms of their resolution, which have always been an inherent part of sport governance.
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