Regulating Sport-related Concussion: Identifying Key Characteristics of Dominant Regulatory Actors

Annette Greenhow

Abstract

This paper applies the regulatory space metaphor as adapted by Hancher and Moran (1989) to illustrate the key characteristics of dominant actors in addressing the issue of sport-related concussion (SRC). Concerns about the serious and long-term harm associated with mismanaging SRC continue to receive widespread attention with SRC today regarded as a public health concern. Yet despite strong public interest in SRC, private non-state actors continue to dominate this regulatory space and are entrusted to design, develop, implement, enforce and evaluate regulatory mechanisms to reduce or minimise the harm. The paper aims to identify the key characteristics of the IF to explain how they influence the shape of regulatory space and the allocation of power within that space.

Original language	English
Publication status	Unpublished - 25 Jun 2021
Event	The ECPR 8th Biennial Regulatory Governance Conference - Virtual Duration: 23 Jun 2021 → 25 Jun 2021 http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/politics/research/centres/ceg/ecpr_2021/

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Conference	The ECPR 8th Biennial Regulatory Governance Conference
Period	23/06/21 → 25/06/21
Other	This conference will tackle the present context where some well-established ‘certainties’ around democracy, rule of law, governance, public policy, compliance and accountability are no longer taken for granted. We will debate who carries the regulatory conversation in a context dominated by elected leaders that attack evidence-based policy, do not necessarily support the rule of law, deny the role of science in the design of risk and regulation, and set out to hollow out historical projects of regulatory integration such as the European Union. Thus, one question is who carries the regulatory conversation. But the next one is for what purposes and for what implications for governance. Here we come full circle to the original motivation for the existence of our Standing Group, which exists to think and debate risk, rules and regulations in terms of governance.
Internet address	http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/politics/research/centres/ceg/ecpr_2021/

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Two Sports, Two Systems, One Goal: A Comparative Study of Concussion Policies and Practices of the Australian Football League and Hockey Canada
Greenhow, A. & Doherty, A., 6 Jul 2021, In: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 3, 672895.
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