Kommunal idrottspolitik i Västerbotten : En kvalitativ studie om idrotts- och motionsrörelsens styrning på kommunal nivå

This study was commissioned by the Västerbotten sports federation, who called for an overview of the policies that the municipalities in Västerbotten work after in the field of sport. The study aimed to identify sports policy programs or documents that have been produced by the municipalities, and how they work with them. Furthermore, the study highlights the municipality’s politicians reasoning about sport and recreation-sector, and how their sport policy-work was practiced. The data collection was based on seven interviews and document-collections from the 15 municipalities. The result shows that no municipalities have drawn up a sport policy program, and the lack of common goals, guidelines and a clear vision of the sport and recreation-sector were big. The overall process consisted of running the handling of cases involving the sports industry. Municipalities work with sport and recreational questions dealt largely with preserving the existing level and maintaining the sporting activities already in place