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Critical Research in Football


About the Series

The Critical Research in Football book series was launched in 2017 to showcase the inter- and multi-disciplinary breadth of debate relating to 'football'. The series defines 'football' as broader than association football, with research on rugby, Gaelic and gridiron codes also featured. Including monographs, edited collections, short books and textbooks, books in the series are written and/or edited by leading experts in the field whilst consciously also affording space to emerging voices in the area, and are designed to appeal to students, postgraduate students and scholars who are interested in the range of disciplines in which critical research in football connects. The series is published in association with the Football Collective, www.footballcollective.org.uk.

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The Political Economy of European Football Perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe

The Political Economy of European Football: Perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Dariusz Wojtaszyn, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Roland Benedikter
November 27, 2024

This book explores the contemporary dynamics of European football’s political economy, mapping the various market and regulatory forces that shape its current position and development.  Offering a conceptual framework for understanding political economy as applied to the study of football, the book...

Against Modern Football Understanding Clubs Founded and Operated by Supporters

Against Modern Football: Understanding Clubs Founded and Operated by Supporters

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Benjamin Perasović, Christian Brandt, Marko Mustapić
November 11, 2024

This is the first book to offer in-depth analysis of the ‘Against Modern Football’ movement through the comparison of two AMF clubs. The movement has emerged in opposition to the rampant commercialisation of football and the lack of supporters’ influence over the governance of the clubs they ...

Critical Issues in Football A Sociological Analysis of the Beautiful Game

Critical Issues in Football: A Sociological Analysis of the Beautiful Game

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Will Roberts, Stuart Whigham, Alex Culvin, Daniel Parnell
August 26, 2024

Showcasing some of the most important current research in football studies, this book demonstrates the value of social theory and sociology in helping us to better understand the world’s favourite sport. This book sheds critical new light on key issues in contemporary football, with each chapter ...

The UEFA European Football Championships Politics, Media Spectacle and Social Change

The UEFA European Football Championships: Politics, Media Spectacle and Social Change

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen, Renan Petersen-Wagner
August 26, 2024

This book explores social and political issues and trends emerging around the UEFA European Football Championships. It presents a contemporary sociology of the European Championships which, despite its significance as a mega-event, has been largely overshadowed by the Olympics and the FIFA World ...

Football, Fandom and Collective Memory Global Perspectives

Football, Fandom and Collective Memory: Global Perspectives

1st Edition

Edited By Przemysław Nosal, Radosław Kossakowski, Wojciech Woźniak
June 18, 2024

This book examines the topic of identity and collective memory in football fandom. Drawing on global research in history, sociology and political science, the book looks at how, where and why football fans and supporters’ groups introduce particular role models into their self-identity and ...

Social Control and Disorder in Football Responses, Regulation, Rupture

Social Control and Disorder in Football: Responses, Regulation, Rupture

1st Edition

Edited By Mark Turner, Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
May 07, 2024

This is the first book to focus on the interrelated issues of social control and disorder in football. It shows how the ‘beautiful game’ illuminates our understanding of the mechanisms and techniques of social control and regulation in contemporary societies.  It explores past, new, and ...

Women's Football, Culture, and Identity

Women's Football, Culture, and Identity

1st Edition

By Kate Themen
May 07, 2024

This book examines the experiences of amateur players in women’s football, challenging conventional discourses that centre male, masculine, and heterosexual identities and offering a new narrative that re-positions women’s voices. Based on original empirical research, including extended interviews ...

Football, Power, and Politics in Argentina

Football, Power, and Politics in Argentina

1st Edition

By Eugenio Paradiso
April 10, 2024

This book examines the interplay between football, politics, violence, passion, and morality in Argentina. Drawing on original ethnographic research, it considers the role of fans, club officials, politicians, and others in the spread and perpetuation of corruption and violence within football and ...

Football and Risk Trends and Perspectives

Football and Risk: Trends and Perspectives

1st Edition

By Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
January 29, 2024

This is the first book to look closely at the concept of ‘risk’ in elite and professional football from a social scientific perspective. Drawing on the wider sociological, criminological and management literature on risk, it shows how football helps us to understand global risk more generally in ...

Integrated Marketing Communications in Football

Integrated Marketing Communications in Football

1st Edition

By Argyro Elisavet Manoli
January 29, 2024

This book takes an important step forward in showing how Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) have been applied within the English Premier League (EPL) – arguably the most commercialised and watched sport league in the world – and how it can and should be utilised in the context of other ...

Sport Mega-Events, Security and COVID-19 Securing the Football World

Sport Mega-Events, Security and COVID-19: Securing the Football World

1st Edition

By Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
January 29, 2024

This book examines contemporary issues of security at sports mega-events (SMEs). It focuses on the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 2020) - subsequently postponed to 2021 - the third biggest SME in the global sporting calendar and a unique multi-city, multi-country event that ...

Football and Diaspora Connecting Dispersed Communities through the Global Game

Football and Diaspora: Connecting Dispersed Communities through the Global Game

1st Edition

Edited By Jeffrey W. Kassing, Sangmi Lee
December 12, 2023

This is the first book to examine football (soccer) through the lens of diaspora studies. Presenting case studies from across four continents, it considers how diasporic minorities develop a sense of belonging between their national and transnational ethnic communities through an active ...

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