1st Edition
Soccer, Globalization, and Innovation The Beautiful Game in the 21st Century
1. Introduction
Kirk Bowman and John B. Boyd
2. Innovation and the Beautiful Game
Dan Breznitz
3. Soccer as Civil Society
Cas Mudde
4. A Movement for Dignity: Humiliation, Migration, and Transnational Solidarity in the Moroccan Ultras Scene
John B. Boyd
5. Shifting the Game: Soccer Feminist Fandom Activism as a Catalyst for Sporting Innovation in Brazil
Luisa Turbino Torres
6. When Passionate Soccer Fans Participate in a Social Movement: “Çarşı” in the Gezi Movement in Istanbul (2013, Turkey)
Gökçe Tuncel
7. The StationSoccer Social Innovation: Overcoming U.S. Youth Soccer’s Transportation Barrier
Alberto Fuentes and Linda Duong
8. Soccer for Good in Joensuu: Navigating Finland’s New Diversity
Karl Hancock
9. Partnerships with Soccer Clubs, Data, and Training Women Analysts: The Case of Pink Codrs Africa and Kaizer Chiefs FC
Mbali Hlongwane, Kirk Bowman, and Brooke Boucher
10. Hitting the Net: How Women’s Soccer Scored Big Online
Declan Abernethy
11. Critical Junctures, Path Dependency, and the Rise and Future Challenges of US Women’s Soccer
Jordan Artis, Kirk Bowman, and Kieran Ferguson
12. Who Decides? Artificial Intelligence and Soccer
Felipe Arocena
13. Innovation in Uruguayan Football
Felipe Arocena
14. The Causes and Consequences of the Americanization of the Beautiful Game in Europe
Kirk Bowman and Edouard Goguillon
15. Environmental Sustainability, Greenwashing, and Innovative Solutions to Reduce Carbon Emissions from Team and Fan Travel
Kirk Bowman and Candy Zheng
Biography
Kirk Bowman is a professor and Regents’ Entrepreneur in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the author of four books and co-produced six feature-length documentary films in Brazil. Kirk has conducted soccer and politics fieldwork in eighteen countries and has a forthcoming book on soccer and global politics.
John B. Boyd is a PhD candidate at Michigan State University in cultural anthropology, focusing on North Africa and its diaspora. His research interests include youth and social movements, urban anthropology, the intersection of sport and society, and football and football fandom in North Africa.
