Spaaij, Ramon and Testa, Alberto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9116-9802 (2016) Football hooliganism. In: Routledge Handbook of Football Studies. Routledge International Handbooks. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 364-374. ISBN 9780415815109

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Abstract

Football is unquestionably the world's most popular and influential sport. There is no corner of the globe in which the game is not played or followed. More countries are affiliated to FIFA, football’s governing body, than to the United Nations. The sport has therefore become an important component of our social, cultural, political and economic life. The Routledge Handbook of Football Studies is a landmark work of reference, going further than any other book in considering the historical and contemporary significance of football around the world.

Written by a team of leading sport scholars, the book covers a broad range of disciplines from history, sociology, politics and business, to philosophy, law and media studies. The central section of the book examines key themes and issues in football studies, such as the World Cup and international competition, governance and ownership, fandom and celebrity. The concluding section offers in-depth surveys of the culture and organisation of football in each of the regional confederations, from UEFA to CONCACAF.

This book will be fascinating reading for any serious football fan and an essential resource for advanced students or scholars undertaking research in football or sport studies, and any practitioner or policy-maker working in football.

Item Type:	Book Section
Keywords:	hooliganism; theory, violence, football, policing, Italy
Subjects:	Social sciences > Sociology of deviance
Depositing User:	Alberto Testa
Date Deposited:	04 Feb 2016 11:28
Last Modified:	28 Aug 2021 07:19
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1562

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