Football on Trial: Spectator Violence and Development in the Football World by Eric Dunning
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Football on Trial
Summary
Examines the causes of football hooliganism as a world phenomenon, considering the links between player violence and crowd violence, and the role of the media. It looks ahead to the 1994 World Cup in Los Angeles and asks why soccer hooliganism has not been a problem in the USA.
Football on Trial Summary
Table of Contents
Introduction: the Spectre of Hooliganism and the World Cup Finals 1. Spectator Violence at Football Matches: Towards a Sociological Explanation 2. Spectator Violence at Football before the First World War 3. Soccer Crowd Disorder and the Press: Processes of Amplification and De-Amplification in Historical Perspective 4. The Roots of Player and Spectator Violence in Football 5. 'Just a day out with the boys': Class, Gender, Race and the Social Production of Football Hooligan Violence 6. Soccer Hooliganism as a European and World Phenomenon 7. Why is there no Soccer Hooliganism in the United States? 8. Football on Trial: The Future of Soccer as a World Game
Additional information
GOR001577433
9780415050234
0415050235
Football on Trial: Spectator Violence and Development in the Football World by Eric Dunning
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1990-05-24
256
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