Football Supporters and the Commercialisation of Football - Comparative Responses Across Europe

Informationen zum Autor Peter Kennedy lectures in the Sociology of sport and health at Glasgow Caledonian University. His most recent published work is in applying sociological theories to understanding health and medicine and football supporter responses to commercialisation. David Kennedy is Visiting Lecturer and Researcher at Glasgow Caledonian University. His most recent published work is in the area of football supporters and governance of professional football clubs. Klappentext This title offers a Euro-wide comparison of supporter reactions to commercialisation in foobtall! providing a unique insight into how football supporters actively mediate regional! local and national contexts! as they intersect with the universalistic presumptions of commerce. Zusammenfassung This book critically examines the ways in which sport and peacekeeping, through the Olympic Games, are being played out at global, national and local levels. It was published as a special issue of Sport in Society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Football supporters and the commercialisation of football: comparative responses across Europe Peter Kennedy and David Kennedy 2. Football stadium relocation and the commodification of football: the case of Everton supporters and their adoption of the language of commerce David Kennedy 3. Football fans and clubs in Germany: conflicts! crises and compromises Udo Merkel 4. Split loyalties: football is a community business Hans K. Hognestad 5. From 'socios' to 'hyper-consumers': an empirical examination of the impact of commodification on Spanish football fans Ramn Llopis-Goig 6. Supporters Direct and supporters' governance of football: a model for Europe? Peter Kennedy 7. Walking alone together the Liverpool Way: fan culture and 'clueless' Yanks John Williams 8. From community to commodity: the commodification of football in Israel Amir Ben Porat

Product details

• Authors: Peter Kennedy Kennedy
• Assisted by: David Kennedy (Editor), Peter Kennedy (Editor), Kennedy David (Editor), Kennedy Peter (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2012
• EAN: 9780415618908
• ISBN: 978-0-415-61890-8
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, Economics, Business and Management, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects, SPORTS & RECREATION / Football, Business & management, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer)