Robertson Roland - Globalization And Football - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: This timely book provides an engaging clear view of the interrelationships within key globalization processes and the international sport of football. Intelligently combining the conceptual and methodological aspects of global studies with the specific cultural conditions of the beautiful game Giulianotti and Robertson illuminate its social history and diffusion as well as wider cultural economic political and social dimensions. Using football to chart an increasing global connectivity or globality the authors explore how the game may be understood as a metric mirror motor and metaphor of globalization Issues discussed include: - Transnational Identities and the Global Civil Society - Cosmopolitanism & Americanization - Neo - Liberalism Inequalities and Transnational Clubs - Politics Nations and International Governance Ideal for students and lecturers concerned with the sociology of sport globalization and international cultural studies - the book will be of interest to anyone keen to map the intricate ways in which transnational processes may impact upon particular domains of social life.
Title: Globalization And Football
Author(s): Robertson Roland
Publisher: Sage Publications Inc
Barcode: 9781412921282
Pages: 216 Pages
Publication Date: 7/1/2009
Series: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
Category: Football (Soccer, Association Football)