1st Edition
Football and Community in the Global Context Studies in Theory and Practice
1 Introduction: football and community - practical and theoretical considerations Adam Brown, Tim Crabbe and Gavin Mellor
Politics, theory and practice
2 'The Janus-faced sport': English football, community and the legacy of the 'third way' Gavin Mellor
3 Contemporary community theory and football Tony Blackshaw
4 'Our club, our rules': fan communities at FC United of Manchester Adam Brown
Nations and ethnicities
5 Football, komyuniti and the Japanese ideological soccer apparatus John Horne and Wolfram Manzenreiter
6 'The nation and its fragments': football and community in India Kausik Bandyopadhyay
7 Coming in from the margins: ethnicity, community support and the rebranding of Australian soccer James Skinner, Dwight H. Zakus and Allan Edwards
Community and the instrumental use of football
8 Anyone for Football for Peace? The challenges of using sport in the service of co-existence in Israel John Sugden
9 Vamos, Vamos Aceirteros: soccer and the Latino community in Richmond, California Ilann S. Messeri
Postmodern community and future directions
10 Fishing for community: England fans at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Tim Crabbe
Biography
Dr Adam Brown, Professor Tim Crabbe and Dr Gavin Mellor are Directors and founder members of Substance, a UK-based social research company specialising in areas of sport, youth inclusion and community regeneration. www.substance.coop
