ISBN:
9781793622471
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (161 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Lexington Research in Sports, Politics, and International Relations Series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.483
Keywords:
Soccer-Political aspects-Europe
;
Europe-Foreign relations
Abstract:
This book elucidates the socio-political and symbolic-cultural aspects of football as a "different form of politics" in Central-Eastern and Eastern Europe, drawing on both contemporary and historical aspects and including insights from different disciplines.
Abstract:
Cover -- Praise page -- Football Politics in Central Europe and Eastern Europe -- Series page -- Football Politics in Central Europe and Eastern Europe: A Study on the GeopoliticalArea's Tribal, Imaginal,and Contextual Politics -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Football and Politics in Europe- a Complex Relationship -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Russia's 2018 Football World Championship -- Policy Recommendations -- The Interface between Football, Economy, Media, and Political Interests: An Increasingly Powerful Center of Action -- Globalized Football and the Return of the Westphalian Concept of an International Order Created by Nation-States -- Media Instrumentalizations -- Identity Building And The Use Of Imaginal Politics -- Sport as a Productive Mirror of Politics: Its Imageries Produce Social Reality as Much as They Mirror It -- Global Football Is Shifting to Become an Increasingly Economic-Political Event -- Detailing the Case: Major Sports Events and Politics in Modern Russia-a Very Brief Historical Account -- FANS' CULTURE AND THE RETURN OF TRIBAL POLITICS IN THE USSR AND IN RUSSIA -- Football Fans and Hooligans: The Issue of fanats (Fanatics) -- Hooligan Tournaments -- Football Fans and Governmental Politics: Fundamental Opposition or Joint Ventures? -- Political Implications of "Football Cultures"-and of Their Clashes -- Conclusions and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Football Politics in Central-Eastern Europe -- Policy Recommendations -- Introduction: The Historical and Political Layers behind a Seemingly Simple Football Clash -- Football as Politics -- Historical Implications -- Increasing Independence and Self-Organization of "Subversive" Fan Cultures -- Hooligans and Political Provocation -- Skinheads and Right-Wing Extremism -- Conclusions -- Outlook.
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