1st Edition
Sport, Activism, and Social Movements International Perspectives
List of Figures
Contributor Biographies
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction: Sport, Activism, and Social Movements: International Perspectives
Mark Turner and Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
2 NOlympics Anywhere: Building a Transnational Anti-Olympic Movement
Adam Talbot
3 "We Are All True Believers in Democracy": Successful Anti-Olympics Activism in Boston
Jules Boykoff
4 Environmental Waves: The America’s Cup Contested
Toby Miller and Joan Pedro-Carañana
5 Armband Activism: English Fan Responses to Controversy at Qatar 2022
Steph Doehler
6 Black Women Athlete Activism in the United States: A Movement, Not a Moment
Emma Calow
7 Gender Equality and Collective Action: Fan Mobilizations in Women’s Soccer
Rachel Allison
8 Nonpolitical Politicization in and Through Sports in Turkey: Four Fragments of Opposition
Burak Özçetin and Ömer Turan
9 Collective Action, Sport Spectatorship, and Disability
Connor Penfold, Paul Darby, and Paul Kitchin
10 Social Movements and Sport-focused Security Fields
Mark Turner and Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
Index
Biography
Mark Turner is Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, and the author of The Safe Standing Movement in Football: Fan Networks, Tactics and Mobilizations published by Routledge in 2023. He is specifically interested in the sociology of generations, temporality, collective action, and social networks. His work cross-pollinates ideas from sociology, political science, and social movement studies, and has been published in: The British Journal of Sociology; Sociology; Sociology Compass; Sociological Research Online; The Sociological Review; the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics; and the International Review for the Sociology of Sport.
Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics with Sociology at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He has published widely on security and supporter cultures in European football contexts and sport mega-events.
