1. Finding the Kieran Way: Recreational Sport, Health, and Environmental Policy in Nova Scotia.
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Pitter, Robert
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ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *RECREATIONAL sports , *GREENHOUSE gases , *OBESITY , *LIFESTYLES - Abstract
Environmental and health issues top the political agendas of all levels of Canadian government. environmental groups are most concerned about climate change and reducing related anthropogenic greenhouse gases. Health advocates are concerned about Canada's growing rate of obesity and ensuing health problems. In this era of lifestyle politics, Anthony giddens suggests governments and community groups need to collaborate to address these issues. In Nova Scotia, however, the government's collaboration with off-highway vehicle groups to develop a trail system is under attack from an active transportation group, the Kieran Pathways Society. By identifying social, political, and economic discourses, this case demonstrates how lifestyles politics have not only supplanted emancipatory politics but also neglect ecocentric values. Thus, giddens' "Third Way" may not resolve today's environmental issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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