The Global Football League

Transnational Networks, Social Movements and Sport in the New Media Age

P. Millward (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

220 Seiten

2011
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-27444-0 (ISBN)

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This book tackles issues of globalization in the English Premier League and unpicks what this means to fan groups around the world, drawing upon a range of sociological theories to tell the story of the local and global repertoires of action emanating from the popular protests at Liverpool and Manchester United football clubs.

PETER MILLWARD is a Lecturer in Applied Social Science at Durham University, UK. He has published widely in areas relating to sociological dimensions of contemporary football fandom, explicitly including the political economy of sport and issues pertaining to cultural identifications amongst football fans.

List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction The Network League Overseas Ownership 'Traditional' Fandom Transnational Fandom Love United, Hate Glazer 'Debt, Lies, Cowboys' The City is Ours? Supporter Mobilisation Conclusions References Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.10.2011
Reihe/Serie	Global Culture and Sport Series
Zusatzinfo	IX, 220 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	0-230-27444-7 / 0230274447
ISBN-13	978-0-230-27444-0 / 9780230274440
Zustand	Neuware