Fringe Nations in World Soccer

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Bandyopadhyay, Kausik; Mallick, Sabyasachi Klappentext An exploration of the heritage of soccer culture around the world, and the potential for development in fringe nations in world soccer that lie mostly outside the developed European and Latin American football world. This book was previously published as a special issue of Soccer and Society. Zusammenfassung An exploration of the heritage of soccer culture around the world, and the potential for development in fringe nations in world soccer that lie mostly outside the developed European and Latin American football world. This book was previously published as a special issue of Soccer and Society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Africans' Status in the European Players' Market  2. Split Loyalty: Football-cum-Nationaity in Israel  3.  High on the Himalayas: Football in Nepal, Bhutan and Burma  4. Soccer Tradition in the Land of Emerald Buddha  5.  Soccer Aspirations of the Indian Ocean Islands: New Light on Coastal Football of Indonesia, Maldives and Sri Lanka  6.  National Sports and Other Myths: The Failure of US Soccer  7.  'Our Wicked Foreign Game': Why Has Soccer Not Become the Main Code of Football in Australia?  8.  Muslim Spectatorship and Soccer Violence in Indian Football  9.  Football in Liberia  10.  Soccer in Columbia

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• Authors: Kausik (West Bengal State Universit Bandyopadhyay, Kausik Mallick Bandyopadhyay
• Assisted by: Kausik Bandyopadhyay (Editor), Kausik (West Bengal State University Bandyopadhyay (Editor), Bandyopadhyay Kausik (Editor), Sabyasachi Mallick (Editor), Mallick Sabyasachi (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2009
• EAN: 9780415494878
• ISBN: 978-0-415-49487-8
• No. of pages: 10
• Series: Sport in the Global Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, Sociology, Popular Culture, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer, history of sport, Humanities, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer)