The Global Football League
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The Global Football League

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

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Global Football League

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

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780230274440
eBook ISBN
9780230348639
Subtopic
Industria dei servizi

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. 1 Introduction: The Global Football League
  8. 2 The Network League: Global Brand Clubs,‘Game 39’ and Transnational Spaces
  9. 3 Overseas Ownership: Mobile Capital and the EPL
  10. 4 ‘Traditional’ Fandom: ‘Signs’, Identitiesand Disillusion
  11. 5 Transnational Fandom: Supporters in Scandinavia,East Asia and the United States of America
  12. 6 Love United, Hate Glazer: F.C. United ofManchester, Red Knights and ‘Green and Gold’
  13. 7 ‘Debt, Lies, Cowboys’: Custodians, Protests and‘Epic Swindles’ at Liverpool F.C.
  14. 8 The City Is Ours? Thaksin Shinawatra,ADUG and a ‘Billion in the Bank’
  15. 9 Supporter Mobilisation: Social Movements,Football Fandom and Popular Protest
  16. 10 Conclusions
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index