From Corporate Welfare to National Interest
Newspaper Analysis of the Public Subsidization of NHL Hockey Debate in Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12082575 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jay Scherer (0000-0003-1394-1363, corresponding author), Steven J Jackson (0000-0002-0902-1831) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 36-60 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Sport Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0741-1235 • E-ISSN: 1543-2785 |
| Publisher | Human Kinetics (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1123/ssj.21.1.36 |
| OpenAlex | W2149223855 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 22 |
Despite the historic and popular alignment of ice hockey with Canadian identity, the public subsidization of National Hockey League (NHL) franchises remains a highly contentious public issue in Canada. In January 2000 the Canadian government announced a proposal to subsidize Canadian-based NHL franchises. The proposal, however, received such a hostile national response that only three days after its release an embarrassed Liberal government was forced to rescind it. This article explores how Canadian anglophone newspapers mediated the NHL subsidy debate and emerged as critical sites through which several interrelated issues were contested: the subsidization of NHL franchises, competing discourses of Canadian national identity, and the broader political-economic and sociocultural impacts of the Canadian government’s adherence to a neoliberal agenda
Government (linguistics · Ice hockey · League · National identity · Newspaper · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subsidy · Welfare · Canadian Identity and History · Law · Public Administration · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |