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The progress of SHL Sport Ltd, in light of ‘Americanization’, juridification and hybridity
Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Sport Sciences (IDV). Department of Sport Science, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.
Department of Sport Science, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.
2020 (English)In: Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, ISSN 1743-0437, E-ISSN 1743-0445, Vol. 23, no 3, p. 452-468Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

SHL and the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation stand as the principal force or engine behind the commercialization processes in Swedish sport, due to influences from the commercial culture of NHL (i.e., the ‘Americanization’ of sport and society). In addition, the impact of the KHL with regard to player migration has forced the league to look for new commercial alternatives and forms of organization. At the same time, Swedish sport in general is, like ice hockey, basically founded on and ruled by the hegemony of the Swedish Sports Confederation and its basically idealistic values. Thus, SHL is shaped by normative dualism as well as by an incipient commercialization process. The ambition of the following text in this respect is to describe and analyze this dilemma by applying the concepts of juridification and hybridity, in addition to providing general perspectives on the Americanization processes in ice hockey and by testing and illustrating this dilemma by the case of the Växjö Lakers, Ltd/Plc.

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Taylor & Francis, 2020. Vol. 23, no 3, p. 452-468
Keywords [en]
Hegemony, Swedish Sport Movement, normative dualism, stock market, forms of associations, Växjö Lakers
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Sport and Fitness Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-2756DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2020.1696528ISI: 000501967000001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85076409057Local ID: 30779OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-2756DiVA, id: diva2:1399556
Available from: 2020-02-28 Created: 2020-02-28 Last updated: 2024-06-17Bibliographically approved

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