"Given its popularity, international football might be viewed as a prism through which the imagined community of the nation becomes closer to a manifest reality with matches providing examples of that community collectively rejoicing or crying. The sport potentially sheds insigh…
Football, place and identity -- Nations, nationality and football's changing rules -- Switching allegiance -- African connections -- The boys in green -- Ireland's border-crossers -- Conclusion: political football. "Given its popularity, international football might be viewed a…
"Given its popularity, international football might be viewed as a prism through which the imagined community of the nation becomes closer to a manifest reality with matches providing examples of that community collectively rejoicing or crying. The sport potentially sheds insigh…
"Given its popularity, international football might be viewed as a prism through which the imagined community of the nation becomes closer to a manifest reality with matches providing examples of that community collectively rejoicing or crying. The sport potentially sheds insigh…
"The book, based on fieldwork with fans, players, journalists, and coaches, examines the politics of football as a space for ordinary Egyptians and state forces to negotiate a masculine Egyptian chauvinism in the early twenty-first century; it further investigates fans' roles as…
"The book, based on fieldwork with fans, players, journalists, and coaches, examines the politics of football as a space for ordinary Egyptians and state forces to negotiate a masculine Egyptian chauvinism in the early twenty-first century; it further investigates fans' roles as…
"The book, based on fieldwork with fans, players, journalists, and coaches, examines the politics of football as a space for ordinary Egyptians and state forces to negotiate a masculine Egyptian chauvinism in the early twenty-first century; it further investigates fans' roles as…
"The book, based on fieldwork with fans, players, journalists, and coaches, examines the politics of football as a space for ordinary Egyptians and state forces to negotiate a masculine Egyptian chauvinism in the early twenty-first century; it further investigates fans' roles as…
"Xi Jinping's 'Soccer Revolution' is unique: the most extensive politicization and geo-politicization of the Global Game. His purpose is to extend the global soft-power projection of 'the Middle Kingdom': an ancient Western imperial mantra -- 'bread and circuses' -- has been rep…
"Xi Jinping's 'Soccer Revolution' is unique: the most extensive politicization and geo-politicization of the Global Game. His purpose is to extend the global soft-power projection of 'the Middle Kingdom': an ancient Western imperial mantra -- 'bread and circuses' -- has been rep…
"Xi Jinping's 'Soccer Revolution' is unique: the most extensive politicization and geo-politicization of the Global Game. His purpose is to extend the global soft-power projection of 'the Middle Kingdom': an ancient Western imperial mantra -- 'bread and circuses' -- has been rep…
This Handbook offers an analysis of the relation between football and politics, based on over 30 case studies covering five continents. It provides a detailed picture of this relation in a wide number of European, American, African, and Asian states, as well as a comparative ass…
This Handbook offers an analysis of the relation between football and politics, based on over 30 case studies covering five continents. It provides a detailed picture of this relation in a wide number of European, American, African, and Asian states, as well as a comparative ass…
This Handbook offers an analysis of the relation between football and politics, based on over 30 case studies covering five continents. It provides a detailed picture of this relation in a wide number of European, American, African, and Asian states, as well as a comparative ass…
Preface to the second edition -- Foreword by Boff Whalley -- Introduction -- History: truths and myths about football as a working-class sport -- Radical debates on football -- Football and politics -- Football's role as an 'opiate of the masses' -- Nationalism and sectarianism …