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Fighting Fans - Football Hooliganism as a World Phenomenon (Hardcover)
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Fighting Fans - Football Hooliganism as a World Phenomenon (Hardcover)
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Soccer hooliganism has long been regarded as primarily an English -
or perhaps British - disease, yet in fact it has long existed as a
social problem worldwide. In this volume, experts consider
hooliganism in 14 countries - eight soccer-playing countries in
Europe (including Ireland), two in South America, Australia, South
Africa, Japan, and, in the case of North America, a chapter on
general sports-related violence. Why have problems of hooliganism
from the outset become more regularly attached to soccer than to
other global sports? The social roots and forms of soccer
hooliganism are explored in the various countries. Do racial,
religious or social class cleavages play a part in developing and
fostering football violence? What part do the media play? Is
hooliganism related to the degree to which soccer is central to the
value-system of a country, and the length of time that it has
occupied such a position? Though they themselves adhere to a range
of different sociological perspectives, the contributors focus on
the important theoretical framework devised by Eric Dunning and the
Leicester School, in particular the role of aggressive masculinity
and the hypothesis that attending matches is part of a "quest for
excitement".
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