From corporate welfare to national interest: newspaper analysis of the public subsidization of NHL hockey debate in Canada

Article Abstract:

The public subsidization of National Hockey League (NHL) franchises remains a highly contentious public issue in Canada, despite the historic and popular alignment of ice hockey with Canadian identity. The ways in which the Canadian anglophone newspapers mediated the NHL subsidy debate and emerged as critical sites are explored.

Services information, Evaluation, Services, National Hockey League, Hockey

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South Korea's "glocal" hero: the Hiddink syndrome and the rearticulation of national citizenship and identity

Article Abstract:

The process through which the Dutch-born soccer coach, Guus Hiddink's coaching strategies and philosophies, known as the Hiddink syndrome influenced wider cultural changes in South Korea is discussed.

South Korea, Management dynamics, Public affairs, Social aspects, Analysis, Practice, Soccer coaches, Citizenship, Hiddink, Guus

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A governmental analysis of children "at risk" in a world of physical inactivity and obesity epidemics

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The construction of childhood activity and obesity in terms of the notion of risk is discussed in the Canadian context.

Development and progression, Control, Obesity in children, Childhood obesity, Epidemics

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