Hannu Itkonen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4151665 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hannu Itkonen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hannu |
| FAMILY NAME | Itkonen |
| SIGNATURE | ITKONEN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Jyväskylä |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An exceptional country and city? Football–ice hockey rivalry in modernizing Finland and Helsinki
Finland is an exception in the European sports landscape in the rivalry between ice hockey and football. We examine the struggle between football and ice hockey after WWII. As a case study, we explore Helsinki, Finland’s most successful sports city. The popularity of football and ice hockey was on par until the 1960s. Later, ice hockey developed infrastructure, culture, coaching, and social relations, and became a professional and new national sp…
Governing hybrid organisations
The Finnish welfare society is based on strong public and civic sectors with an emerging private sector. In the context of sports, the public sector's statutory task has been to provide opportunities and facilities for citizens, whereas the civic sector has been responsible for organising activities. However, since the 1990s, economic recessions, new public management doctrines, and other societal changes have mixed this institutionalised setting…
Young athletes’ significant experiences in sport
The aim of this article is to provide a sociological perspective on athlete development by using the theoretical framework of socialization and life course. Significant experiences are used as an interpretational tool to study young athletes' perceptions of their socialization process. The research data, which were collected at a sports upper secondary school, consist of life historical interviews with 26 young athletes aged 14–17 years. Through …
Glocal’ processes in peripheral football countries
The aim of this article is to increase the understanding of the global and local contexts in football by finding out what social, cultural and economic dimensions seem to characterize ‘periphery’ football. This study applies figurational sociological perspective, which is applicable to the research on globalization processes and sport. The sources utilized are publications on the history and sociology of football as well as interviews with footba…
A popular game in Father Christmas Land? Football in Finland
This essay is about the changing role of football in Finland. Our starting point is the view that Finland is not an internationally significant football country. Even so, Finland has been part of the international football organization for over a 100 years. Dividing the development of Finnish football into four historical periods, the essay analyses the relationships of Finnish football with the international football scene, and discusses the sig…
Sponsorship in the Finnish sports culture
The theoretical assumptions explored with this paper are based on previous sociological studies concerning change in the field of sports. According to previous studies, international top-level sport is characterized by professionalism and a dissociation from the voluntary organizational field of sport. Top-level sports have become professional activities in internationally significant sports. In contrast to this, children’s and youth sports are s…
Young athletes’ significant experiences in sport
The aim of this article is to provide a sociological perspective on athlete development by using the theoretical framework of socialization and life course. Significant experiences are used as an interpretational tool to study young athletes' perceptions of their socialization process. The research data, which were collected at a sports upper secondary school, consist of life historical interviews with 26 young athletes aged 14–17 years. Through …
Glocal’ processes in peripheral football countries
The aim of this article is to increase the understanding of the global and local contexts in football by finding out what social, cultural and economic dimensions seem to characterize ‘periphery’ football. This study applies figurational sociological perspective, which is applicable to the research on globalization processes and sport. The sources utilized are publications on the history and sociology of football as well as interviews with footba…
Governing hybrid organisations
The Finnish welfare society is based on strong public and civic sectors with an emerging private sector. In the context of sports, the public sector's statutory task has been to provide opportunities and facilities for citizens, whereas the civic sector has been responsible for organising activities. However, since the 1990s, economic recessions, new public management doctrines, and other societal changes have mixed this institutionalised setting…
A popular game in Father Christmas Land? Football in Finland
This essay is about the changing role of football in Finland. Our starting point is the view that Finland is not an internationally significant football country. Even so, Finland has been part of the international football organization for over a 100 years. Dividing the development of Finnish football into four historical periods, the essay analyses the relationships of Finnish football with the international football scene, and discusses the sig…
Sponsorship in the Finnish sports culture
The theoretical assumptions explored with this paper are based on previous sociological studies concerning change in the field of sports. According to previous studies, international top-level sport is characterized by professionalism and a dissociation from the voluntary organizational field of sport. Top-level sports have become professional activities in internationally significant sports. In contrast to this, children’s and youth sports are s…
A popular game in Father Christmas Land? Football in Finland
This essay is about the changing role of football in Finland. Our starting point is the view that Finland is not an internationally significant football country. Even so, Finland has been part of the international football organization for over a 100 years. Dividing the development of Finnish football into four historical periods, the essay analyses the relationships of Finnish football with the international football scene, and discusses the sig…
Glocal’ processes in peripheral football countries
The aim of this article is to increase the understanding of the global and local contexts in football by finding out what social, cultural and economic dimensions seem to characterize ‘periphery’ football. This study applies figurational sociological perspective, which is applicable to the research on globalization processes and sport. The sources utilized are publications on the history and sociology of football as well as interviews with footba…
Young athletes’ significant experiences in sport
The aim of this article is to provide a sociological perspective on athlete development by using the theoretical framework of socialization and life course. Significant experiences are used as an interpretational tool to study young athletes' perceptions of their socialization process. The research data, which were collected at a sports upper secondary school, consist of life historical interviews with 26 young athletes aged 14–17 years. Through …
Governing hybrid organisations
The Finnish welfare society is based on strong public and civic sectors with an emerging private sector. In the context of sports, the public sector's statutory task has been to provide opportunities and facilities for citizens, whereas the civic sector has been responsible for organising activities. However, since the 1990s, economic recessions, new public management doctrines, and other societal changes have mixed this institutionalised setting…
An exceptional country and city? Football–ice hockey rivalry in modernizing Finland and Helsinki
Finland is an exception in the European sports landscape in the rivalry between ice hockey and football. We examine the struggle between football and ice hockey after WWII. As a case study, we explore Helsinki, Finland’s most successful sports city. The popularity of football and ice hockey was on par until the 1960s. Later, ice hockey developed infrastructure, culture, coaching, and social relations, and became a professional and new national sp…
Political science (5 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (4 works) · Advertising (3 works) · Football (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works)