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Fighting Fans: Football Hooliganism As a World Phenomenon
Eric Dunning
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Description for Fighting Fans: Football Hooliganism As a World Phenomenon
Hardcover. Why have problems of hooliganism from the outset become more regularly attached to soccer than to other global sports? This volume considers soccer hooliganism in 14 countries and shows that, despite its tendencies to be associated with British culture, it has long been a social problem worldwide. Editor(s): Dunning, Eric; etc.; Murphy, Patrick (Director, Centre for Research into Sport and Society, University of Leicester); Waddington, Ivan (Director, Centre for Research into Sport and Society, University of Leicester); Astrinakis, Antonios E. (Assistant Professor in Sociology, University of Crete, Greece). Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFE; WSDP; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Soccer hooliganism has long been regarded as primarily an English - or perhaps British - disease, yet in fact it has long existed as a social problem worldwide. In this volume, experts consider hooliganism in 14 countries - eight soccer-playing countries in Europe (including Ireland), two in South America, Australia, South Africa, Japan, and, in the case of North America, a chapter on general sports-related violence. Why have problems of hooliganism from the outset become more regularly attached to soccer than to other global sports? The social roots and forms of soccer hooliganism are explored in the various countries. Do ... Read more
Soccer hooliganism has long been regarded as primarily an English - or perhaps British - disease, yet in fact it has long existed as a social problem worldwide. In this volume, experts consider hooliganism in 14 countries - eight soccer-playing countries in Europe (including Ireland), two in South America, Australia, South Africa, Japan, and, in the case of North America, a chapter on general sports-related violence. Why have problems of hooliganism from the outset become more regularly attached to soccer than to other global sports? The social roots and forms of soccer hooliganism are explored in the various countries. Do ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781900621731
SKU
V9781900621731
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-39
Reviews for Fighting Fans: Football Hooliganism As a World Phenomenon
"This is one of the sadly rare instances of an Irish publisher producing a book not noticeably Irish in target readership or origin but of international importance and appeal." Books Ireland Summer 2002 "It is a must read for sports sociologists and others interested in the root causes of fan deviance ... it demonstrates how sports provide ... Read more