Global and Local Football: Politics and Europeanization on the fringes of the EU

by Gary M. Armstrong

Book Overview

What can the history of a nation's football reveal about that nation's wider political and socio-cultural identity? How can the study of local football culture help us to understand the powerful international forces at play within the modern game?

Based on long-term and detailed ethnographic research, this book uses Malta as a critical case study to explore the dynamics of contemporary football. Situated on the fringes of the EU, and with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415564913
• ISBN13: 9780415564915
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"