Football and Politics: Between the Local and the Global

Authors
  • R. Spaaij
  • J.-M. De Waele
  • S. Gibril
  • E. Gloriozova
Publication date 2018
Host editors
  • J.-M. De Waele
  • S. Gibril
  • E. Gloriozova
  • R. Spaaij
Book title The Palgrave International Handbook of Football and Politics
ISBN
  • 9783319787763
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9783319787770
Pages (from-to) 3-17
Number of pages 15
Publisher Cham: Palgrave Macmillan
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract Grant Farred’s (2008) passionate account of his long-distance love for Liverpool Football Club is one of a number of literary works that explore Association football (soccer), the world game, as a window onto profound transformations in politics, culture and society.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78777-0_1
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