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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |4 pages
Introduction
part |2 pages
PART I History
chapter |11 pages
History and football
chapter |10 pages
Association and rugby football: two codes, one historiography
chapter |13 pages
The Football Trust as a mechanism of industry change
chapter |11 pages
Football and gambling
chapter |12 pages
Football and heritage
chapter |11 pages
Football and museums
part |2 pages
PART II Organisation
chapter |12 pages
Football and governance
chapter |13 pages
Football sponsorship
chapter |14 pages
Football and international social development
chapter |13 pages
Women’s elite football
chapter |12 pages
Football-related migrations
chapter |14 pages
Football, economics and nance
part |2 pages
PART III Media and culture
chapter |10 pages
Football and media matters
chapter |12 pages
Football and stardom: on context, intertextuality and re exivity
chapter |10 pages
Football fandom: and post-subculture
chapter |14 pages
Football and its ction
chapter |9 pages
The aesthetics in football: the beautiful game?
chapter |10 pages
Football and philosophy
part |2 pages
PART IV Society
chapter |11 pages
Gender and football: gendering the eld of play
chapter |11 pages
‘Race’, racism and football
chapter |14 pages
Disability and football
chapter |11 pages
Football and national identity
chapter |10 pages
Football and misogyny
chapter |11 pages
Homophobia in men’s football
chapter |11 pages
Female fans of men’s football
chapter |12 pages
Democracy and supporter ownership
chapter |16 pages
Social network analysis: towards an approach for football studies
chapter |11 pages
Football hooliganism
part |2 pages
PART V Regions