Globalized fitness in the Norwegian context: The perfect meets the popular

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-362

  Steen Johnsen, Kari ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Corporatization; Fitness; Globalization; Neo institutionalism; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749118253     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690207088112     Document Type: Article

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