210 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    210 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    This book presents a series of fascinating case studies that show how the lives and bodies of clubs, players and fans around the world are enmeshed with politics.

     

    It draws on original research in countries including England, Scotland, Ireland, Poland, Mexico, Algeria and Argentina and includes both historical and contemporary perspectives. It explores some of the most important themes in the study of sport, including sectarianism, migration, fan activism and national identity, and shows how football continues to be tied to political events, symbols and movements.

     

    This is fascinating reading for any student or researcher working in sport studies, political science, sociology or contemporary history.

    Introduction: Understanding the Connection Between Football, Identity and (P)politics

    Martin J. Power, James Carr, Dan Parnell, Paul Widdop and Stephen Millar

     

    1. “Show Respect to Our Anthem”: Identity Politics and National Team Football in Northern Ireland

    Katie Liston and Matt Deighan

     

    2. From ‘Billy Boys’ to ‘Ulster Boys’?: Sectarianism, Northern Ireland Supporters, and the Emergence of the ‘Green and White Army’

    John Bell and Paul Bell

     

    3. Two Sides Still at Play 20 Years After the Good Friday Agreement

    Paul Breen and Sean Huddleston

     

    4. ‘Poppies in the Field’: The Spectacularization of Military Remembrance in British Football

    Danny Fitzpatrick

     

    5. Football in ‘French’ Algeria and ‘Algerian’ France: From Colonisation to Globalisation

    Philip Dine

     

    6. Enduring Passions: Football, Peronism and the Politics of National Identity in Argentina

    Jim O’ Brien

     

    7. “Defenders of European Culture” – ‘Refugee Crisis’, Football Hooliganism, and the Right-Wing Shift in Europe

    Pavel Brunssen, Robert Claus and Peter Römer

     

    8. “Ehhhhh pu!... what?”: A Critical Conversation about Mexican Football Fandom and the Word at the Center of a Homophobic Chant

    Melissa Mora Hidalgo and Giovanni Hortúa Vargas

     

    9. Regional Politics of Place-Making and (Un)Belonging through Language at a Derby Football Match in the South of the Netherlands

    Lotte Thissen and Leonie Cornips

     

    10. Rescuing Football Clubs by Supporters: The Role and Forms of Social Capital

    Mateusz Grodecki and Radosław Kossakowski

     

    11. The Political Economy of Grassroots Football: From Obscurity to Austerity

    Daniel Parnell, Danny Fitzpatrick, Anthony May and Paul Widdop

    Biography

    James Carr is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland. 

    Daniel Parnell is Senior Lecturer in Sport Business at the University of Liverpool, UK. 

    Paul Widdop is Senior Lecturer in Sport Business Management, Leeds Beckett University, UK. 

    Martin J. Power is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland. 

    Stephen R. Millar is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.