Las políticas locales de recreación y deporte social en Córdoba, Argentina.

Abstract

This article proposes to carry out a first exploratory survey of the local policies of recreation and social sports in the city of Córdoba in the period 1980-2020. This work is part of the research project “Public policies for recreation in the province of Córdoba” that we carry out from the Faculty of Physical Education of the Provincial University of Córdoba, Argentina. Through the investigation and analysis of management reports, regulations, websites, institutional documentation, and some first exploratory interviews with members of technical teams and program managers, we can observe that despite management changes in the municipal govern-ment and in the province, it is possible to identify a continuity in recreation and social sports policies, as well as the sustained link with social institutions, mainly neighborhood centers, in their implementation. Other aspects that deserve our attention and analysis refer to the decentralization of these policies, the construc-tion of infrastructure to carry out sports and recreational activities, and the participation of various actors in their management and development. In this article we will also refer to the institutional structure from which these policies were carried out in the city of Córdoba, the organizations that constitute them and the management models that have been designed and implemented for this purpose.