A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review
Suomalaisen sosiaalipolitiikan ja liikuntapolitiikan yhtenevät päämäärät 1920-80-luvuilla (2018)
. The Congruent Goals of Finnish Social Policy and Sport Policy from the 1920s to the 1980s

Huhtanen, K., & Itkonen, H. (2018). Suomalaisen sosiaalipolitiikan ja liikuntapolitiikan yhtenevät päämäärät 1920-80-luvuilla. Liikunta ja tiede, 55(6), 111-119. https://www.lts.fi/media/lts_vertaisarvioidut_tutkimusartikkelit/2018/lt_6-18_tutkimusartikkelit_111-119_lowres.pdf

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Huhtanen, Kerkko; Itkonen, Hannu

Journal or series: Liikunta ja tiede

ISSN: 0358-7010

Publication year: 2018

Volume: 55

Issue number: 6

Pages range: 111-119

Publisher: Liikuntatieteellinen seura

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Finnish

Persistent website address: https://www.lts.fi/media/lts_vertaisarvioidut_tutkimusartikkelit/2018/lt_6-18_tutkimusartikkelit_111-119_lowres.pdf

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/62464

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to describe the relationship of social policy and sport policy in Finnish society from the 1920s to the 1980s. The main research questions are (1) what kind of parallel objectives have been represented in social policy and sport policy and (2) how the social political and sport political understanding of the agents of the political sectors have changed during the research period. In addition, one aim of this article is to create understanding about the history and influential historical factors of cross-sectoral cooperation in the promotion of well-being of the population.The main research method is integrative literature review and the approach bases on historical sociology. The research material used consists of studies and essential textbooks of social policy and social sciences of sport. According to the literature review,the objectives of state social policy and sport policy have been attached to the general transformation objectives of society during the research period. The objectives and actions of the political sectors have also complemented each other and assisted in the execution of general societal objectives. In the interwar period 1920–1939 the cross-sectoral general objectives were national unification and the alleviation of class differences. Between the 1950s and the 1980s, during the development of Finnish welfare state, the focus changed to the equal promotion of living standards and well-being of different social groups. In the orientation of state sport policy,societal and social political changes have been followed. For example, the social reform of the 1960s led to public sport political discussion and resulted in the redefinition of the objectives and areas of sport policy. It also resulted in the compiling of sectoral legislation.

Keywords: social policy; policy on physical training; objectives; well-being; literature surveys

Free keywords: sport policy; periods; transformation; integrative literature review

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2018

JUFO rating: 1