Lehtonen Kati, Uusikylä Petri, Jalonen Harri, Lappalainen Sari
School of Health and Social Studies, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland.
School of Management, Social and Health Management, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland.
Front Sports Act Living. 2025 May 22;7:1591211. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1591211. eCollection 2025.
This study proposes a longitudinal analysis of the Finnish public sports policy and explores the dynamics between turning points from a systems thinking perspective. We argue that a better understanding of the dynamics and relationships between turning points, interruptions, and new paths in the policy process can guide future options for public sports policies.
Documentary and interview-based materials were used as data and timeline mapping as an analyzing method.
Our results show that there have been four turning points during the review period. The first turning point in the early 1990s is fundamental and it had large-scale effects on the direction of sport policy. The other three are moderate in their nature, smoothly affecting the direction of the policy process. Policy venues have changed from theme-specific working groups to permanent entities operating within the state administration. At the same time, party politics has returned to politics, a phenomenon that seems at odds with the first turning point.
For decision-makers and practitioners, the current policy space requires increasing ability to make decisions on a long-term basis despite several interests, increasing complexity of governance and the needs of differentiated subsystems.
本研究对芬兰公共体育政策进行纵向分析，并从系统思维的角度探讨转折点之间的动态关系。我们认为，更好地理解政策过程中转折点、中断和新路径之间的动态关系及相互联系，可为公共体育政策的未来选择提供指导。
以文献资料和访谈资料作为数据，并采用时间线映射作为分析方法。
我们的研究结果表明，在回顾期内出现了四个转折点。20世纪90年代初的第一个转折点具有根本性，对体育政策的方向产生了大规模影响。其他三个转折点性质较为温和，平稳地影响着政策进程的方向。政策制定场所已从特定主题的工作组转变为在国家行政机构内部运作的常设实体。与此同时，政党政治回归政治，这一现象似乎与第一个转折点相悖。
对于决策者和从业者而言，当前的政策空间要求他们在面对多种利益、治理日益复杂以及不同子系统需求的情况下，提高长期决策能力。
