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Framing Democracy: Stadium Financing And Civic Paternalism In Test Market, Usa, Timothy Kellison, Joshua Newman, Kyle Bunds
Framing Democracy: Stadium Financing And Civic Paternalism In Test Market, Usa, Timothy Kellison, Joshua Newman, Kyle Bunds
Kinesiology Faculty Publications
The vast majority of North America’s professional sport arenas, ballparks, and stadiums are publicly subsidized without direct approval from voters. In this article, we examine the discursive constitution of ‘no-vote subsidies’ within the public sphere, and in particular problematize the twinned production(s) of citizenship and democratic process in framing public subsidization of these sites of private accumulation. To do this, we examine the recent no-vote subsidy occurring in Columbus, Ohio—thereby providing context-specific interrogation of the mediations of participatory citizenship, political decision-making, and the institution of democracy as related to sport stadium funding. As part of this analysis, we discuss the …
Public Parks Usage Near Hydraulic Fracturing Operations, Timothy Kellison, Kyle Bunds, Jonathan Casper, Joshua Newman
Public Parks Usage Near Hydraulic Fracturing Operations, Timothy Kellison, Kyle Bunds, Jonathan Casper, Joshua Newman
Kinesiology Faculty Publications
Following the advent of hydraulic fracturing to effectively collect natural gas and oil, there has been growing interest in placing exploration and extraction wells in or adjacent to public park and forest systems across North America and Europe. At the heart of the debate about leasing public parkland is the concern that park acreage and accessibility will be lost to fracking operations, thereby decreasing park attendance. In this study, we apply value-belief-norm theory to evaluate park users’ general attitudes toward fracking and public policy and their perceptions of fracking’s impact on their recreational activity. A survey of 255 park users …
Public Attitudes Towards No-Vote Stadium Subsidies: The Development And Validation Of An Ex Post Proxy Referendum, Timothy Kellison, Yukyoum Kim
Public Attitudes Towards No-Vote Stadium Subsidies: The Development And Validation Of An Ex Post Proxy Referendum, Timothy Kellison, Yukyoum Kim
Kinesiology Faculty Publications
In most cases, professional sport stadiums are financed through a mix of public and private investment. The amount of public subsidy allocated for a stadium can vary greatly by project, as can the role of citizens in deciding such matters. With respect to public-stadium financing, research has focused chiefly on citizen participation through direct democracy (e.g., referendums and initiatives). However, the vast majority of stadium projects across North American professional sport receive public financing without any form of citizen vote. Cases of the socalled no-vote subsidy may be problematic to citizens, especially if public policy does not correspond to the …