Maikel Waardenburg

Utrecht University | UU · School of Governance (USG)

This article aims to gain a better understanding on micro processes of how frontline professionals use institutional logics in their day-to-day work. It contributes to the growing literature on the dynamics between institutions and the professional frontline. To further develop this field of study, a conceptual framework is presented that integrate...

This article adds a much needed microlevel perspective to the literature on interactions between civil society organizations and governments. I argue that a microlevel perspective assists in making connections between two dominant streams in the literature on government–CSO relations: an empirical–analytical stream and a critical stream. It aims to...

Publiek-private samenwerking (PPS) is een in populariteit groeiende organisatievorm bij het realiseren en exploiteren van maatschappelijke voorzieningen. Voor publieke en private partijen is er de gezamenlijke opdracht om via PPS een maatschappelijke bijdrage te leveren. Maar een PPS is complex en staat garant voor spanningen, zo laat dit boek zien...

This special issue is dedicated to developments and challenges for sport organisations, particularly regarding their social role, in at multiple scales (European, national, local). The issue developed as a follow up to the Sport Organisation Research Network sessions during the 15th European Association for the Sociology of Sport (EASS) conference...

This article focuses on the meaning of sport activities for refugees living in a reception centre. We conceptualise the reception centre as a liminal space and analyse how this liminal space affects the meanings of sport activities for refugees. Based on interviews with refugees living in a reception centre we show how sport in this liminal space i...

In a time of social liquefaction and a network approach to governance citizens and their organizations are increasingly expected to contribute to the revitalization of society. Civil society organizations are valued and used by governments for contributing to a diverse range of public issues. Sports is one of those domains in which voluntary organi...

It has long been established that civil society organizations (CSOs) are ascribed a prominent social role by many governments (e.g. Bode & Brandsen, 2014; Brandsen et al., 2014). Scholars highlight the social values that governments ascribe to voluntary organizations (e.g. Pestoff & Brandsen, 2010) and the possible implications for civil society or...

It has long been established that voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) are ascribed a prominent social role by governments. Several scholars highlight the ascribed social values in sport policy to voluntary sports clubs and their possible implications for these voluntary organizations. Most of these studies focus on national sport policies. However, sever...

Studies on sport mega-events and their legacies often seem only loosely connected to local experiences. Stories on sport mega-event legacy appear as a setting-the-scene or function as a reference to illustrate specific types of legacy. However, stories themselves are never the primary focus in these studies. What is generally lacking from these stu...

Within governance literature the dominant narrative is that government is losing its hierarchical position and cannot authoritatively steer public policy. As a result new modes of public governance arise which have been described as network governance (Rhodes, 1997). Civil society organisations (CSOs) play an important role in such networks (Stoker...

This article reviews developments in Dutch national sport policy. It focuses on the changing role of national and local governments and umbrella organizations of sport. The article further analyzes the relationship between elite sport policy and grass roots sport policy, showing an increasingly powerful advocacy coalition for elite sport. It ends w...

- Sportverenigingen overleven, maar hoe? - Trends in de jaren negentig - Vertrekpunt - Verantwoording en leeswijzer

= Inleiding = Perspectieven op de sportvereniging . Verenigingsperspectief: de passie centraal . Beleidsperspectief: het publiek belang centraal 10.2.3 Marktperspectief: profijt centraal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 = Spanningsvelden: zoeken naar een evenwicht . Passie versus doelrationalit...