The Work of Professional Football
A Labour of Love?
Seiten
2006
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-36373-0 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-36373-0 (ISBN)
A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious careers and ordinary working culture of professional footballers, away from the unreal and short-lived glamour of the media glare.
A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of professional footballers. Away from the celebrity-obsessed media gaze, the work of a professional footballer is rarely glamorous and for most players a career in football is insecure and short-lived.
A former professional, Martin Roderick’s familiarity with the world of football is the foundation for this privileged research into a world that is typically closed to the public gaze and ignored by media reportage and academic research which prefers to focus on a small, unrepresentative group of elite players. Key themes explored within the text include:
the culture of work in professional football
the changing identity, orientation and expectations of players during their careers
the fragile and uncertain nature of professional sport careers
the performance and dramatic aspects of a career under public scrutiny
the role of relationships with managers, owners, support staff and partners
players' responses to the insecurities inherent in professional football such as injury, ageing, performance and transfer.
The text deals with a wide range of issues of interest to sports students and academics, particularly those with a focus on the sociology of sport but also including sport development, sport management and coaching studies. The text will also be of interest to researchers in the fields of careers, industrial relations and the sociology of work.
A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of professional footballers. Away from the celebrity-obsessed media gaze, the work of a professional footballer is rarely glamorous and for most players a career in football is insecure and short-lived.
A former professional, Martin Roderick’s familiarity with the world of football is the foundation for this privileged research into a world that is typically closed to the public gaze and ignored by media reportage and academic research which prefers to focus on a small, unrepresentative group of elite players. Key themes explored within the text include:
the culture of work in professional football
the changing identity, orientation and expectations of players during their careers
the fragile and uncertain nature of professional sport careers
the performance and dramatic aspects of a career under public scrutiny
the role of relationships with managers, owners, support staff and partners
players' responses to the insecurities inherent in professional football such as injury, ageing, performance and transfer.
The text deals with a wide range of issues of interest to sports students and academics, particularly those with a focus on the sociology of sport but also including sport development, sport management and coaching studies. The text will also be of interest to researchers in the fields of careers, industrial relations and the sociology of work.
Martin Roderick is Lecturer in Sociology at Durham University, UK and a former professional footballer.
Introduction 1 Professional football in context 2 Attitudes to work in professional football 3 Uncertainty and football injuries 4 Injuries, stigma and social identity 5 Transferring and the transformation of self 6 Transfer markets and informal grapevines 7 Control and the process of transferring 8 The fate of idealism in professional football
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.5.2006 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 380 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Fußball |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-415-36373-X / 041536373X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-36373-0 / 9780415363730 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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