Football Politics in Central Europe and Eastern Europe - A Study on Geopolitical Area s Tribal, Imaginal, Contextual Politics

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.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Football and Politics in Europe: A Complex Relationship. A Very Short State of the Art

Mirjam Gruber

Chapter 2: Russia's 2018 Football World Championship: A Case of Imaginal Politics

Roland Benedikter, Mirjam Gruber, Tomasz Sahaj, Dariusz Wojtaszyn

Chapter 3: Football Politics in Central-Eastern Europe: A Symptom of Growing Anti-Europeanism and Anti-Globalization?

Roland Benedikter, Dariusz Wojtaszyn

Chapter 4: "Identity Football" in Poland: A Driver of Tribal Politics and Re-Nationalization? Tomasz Sahaj, Dariusz Wojtaszyn

Chapter 5: Borderline Football in Historically Contested Eastern European Areas: The Case of Lviv-Lemberg, Western Ukraine

Dariusz Wojtaszyn

Chapter 6: Never Just a Game. Football National Team Matches as a Binational Rivalry Game: The Case of Romania-Hungary

Bogdan Popa

Chapter 7: Between East and West: Football in Divided Berlin

Dariusz Wojtaszyn

About the author

Roland Benedikter is research professor of multidisciplinary political analysis in residence at the Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies at the University of Wroclaw.Dariusz Wojtaszyn is professor of history at Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies of the University of Wroclaw.Roland Benedikter is research professor of multidisciplinary political analysis in residence at the Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies at the University of Wroclaw.Dariusz Wojtaszyn is professor of history at Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies of the University of Wroclaw.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Roland Wojtaszyn Benedikter
• Assisted by: Roland Benedikter (Editor), Benedikter Roland (Editor), Dariusz Wojtaszyn (Editor), Lukas Zahner (Foreword), Krysztof Ruchniewicz (Afterword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781793622464
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-246-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Lexington Research in Sports,; Lexington Research in Sports, Politics, and International Relations; Lexington Research in Sports, Politics, and International Re; Bloomsbury Research in Sports, Politics and International Relations
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Diplomacy, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer)