Abstract
The study approaches the relationship between the State and sports policies through a budget-based analysis of parliamentary amendments linked to the Ministry of Sports. The objective was to verify the effectiveness of the amendments to the agency’s budget, their (accepted) aims, and the values for 2008-2015. The study was quantitative-qualitative, including a bibliographical review and a documentary survey. The analysis of the data adopted the method proposed by Boschetti (2009) in its aspect related to “configuration of funding and expense”. It found out that the amendments represented about 52% of the Ministry’s budget for that period and were used mainly to serve the interests of Congress members regarding sports infrastructure works in their constituencies.
Keywords
State; Sports; Parliamentary amendments