Against Modern Football
Understanding Clubs Founded and Operated by Supporters
- Hardcover
262 pages
- Release Date
20 November 2024
Summary
This is the first book to offer in-depth analysis of the “Against Modern Football” movement through the comparison of two AMF clubs. The movement has emerged in opposition to the rampant commercialisation of football and the lack of supporters’ influence over the governance of the clubs they support.
Drawing on long-term ethnographic research, the book examines the foundation, organisation and governance of new clubs set up by supporters as part of the AMF movement. Centred on detaile…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032805405 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1032805404 |
| Author: | Benjamin Perasović, Christian Brandt, Marko Mustapić |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 262 |
| Release Date: | 20 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 573g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Critical Research in Football |
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About The Author
Benjamin Perasović
Benjamin Perasović is Scientific Adviser at the Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar in Zagreb, Croatia and Professor at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. His research interests include youth subcultures, sociology of sport, social movements, ethnography, and qualitative research methods. He is a member of the Croatian Sociological Association, the European Sociological Association, and the European Association for Sociology of Sport.
Christian Brandt is Postdoc at the Bayreuth Centre of Sport Science at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. His research interests include football supporters, sports governance, and amateur football. He is member of the German Society of Sport Science and International Sociology of Sport Association.
Marko Mustapić is Scientific Adviser at the Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar in Zagreb, Croatia and Associate Professor at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. His research interests include youth, sport, and cultural memory. He is currently the President of the Croatian Sociological Association and member of the European Sociological Association and the European Association for Sociology of Sport.
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