Football Supporters and the Commercialisation of Football : Comparative Responses across Europe

ISBN-13: 9780415618908 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 152 str.

Peter Kennedy; David Kennedy

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.