The Global Football League
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The Global Football League

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

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The Global Football League

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

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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 arange 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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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2011
ISBN
9780230348639
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Regional Studies
Index
Social Sciences

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