Fringe Nations in Soccer

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Bandyopadhyay, Kausik; Mallick, Sabyasachi 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 Bandyopadhyay, Sabyasachi et al Mallick
• Assisted by: Kausik Bandyopadhyay (Editor), Kausik (West Bengal State University Bandyopadhyay (Editor), Bandyopadhyay Kausik (Editor), Sabyasachi Mallick (Editor), Sabyasachi (Kick-Off magazine Mallick (Editor), Mallick Sabyasachi (Editor), Martha Saavedra (Editor), Boria Majumdar (Editor of the series), J A Mangan (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2007
• EAN: 9780415378222
• ISBN: 978-0-415-37822-2
• Series: Sport in the Global Society; Sport in the Global Society
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government