Football in Neo-Liberal Times A Marxist Perspective on the European Football Industry Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society Series
Auteurs : Kennedy Peter, Kennedy David
This book offers an original Marxist critique of the European football business. It argues that the Marxist account of the difference between profits and surplus value is crucial to an understanding of the fluid and contradictory nature of the commodification of football. Section one analyses the nature of modern professional football and section two highlights attempts, via government agency and football clubs, to corral fans into ever greater identification with business logic aimed at breaking traditional social relations. Section three draws on a number of cases studies across Europe, to analyse how some fans are attempting to mount a counter ideological response to the assault of neo-liberalism on the game.
Introduction 1. The Commercialisation Of Football 2. Marxist Political Economy Of The Football Industry 3. Supporters Direct Europe: the "Recolonisation" of Football Fandom 4. Europe’s Stadium Revolution 5. Europe’s Ultra Football Supporters Movement 6. Grassroots Football, Autonomous Activity and the Forging of New Social Relationships 7. Concluding Thoughts
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 a freelance researcher. His most recent published work is in the area of football supporters and governance of professional football clubs
Date de parution : 06-2017
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 02-2016
15.6x23.4 cm
Thème de Football in Neo-Liberal Times :
Mots-clés :
English Premier League; capitalism; VIP Area; commodification of football; Bayer Leverkusen; david kennedy; National Hockey League; marxism; Financial Fair Play; peter kennedy; UEFA’s Financial Fair Play; political economy; UEFA Tournament; political economy of football; Football Industry; Tessera Del Tifosi; Supporters Direct Europe; Football Fandom; Financial Fair Play Regulations; Post-war Social Democratic Settlement; Spain’s La Liga; Hapoel Tel Aviv; Ultra Groups; UEFA Champion League; Football Association; Financial Fair Play Rules; Ultra Movement; FC United; Matchday Revenue; Double Fiction; Grassroots Football; IESR