Sport and Politics in Canada: Federal Government Involvement Since 1961

by Tom Bedecki, C.E.S. Franks, Donald Macintosh, et al.

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Active Canadian government in sport is recent. Even after the passage of the Fitness and Amateur Sport Act in 1961, government activity was limited to small grants to national sport governing bodies and cost-sharing agreements with the provinces aimed at increasing participation in sport. By the end of the 1960s sport had come to be seen as an instrument which could be used to promote national unity. Government involvement increased, and by the 1980s...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0773506659

ISBN13:9780773506657

Release Date:April 1988

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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