Globalization & football / Richard Giulianotti and Roland Robertson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giulianotti, Richard, 1966-

Contributor:

Robertson, Roland.

Series:

Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)

Theory, culture & society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soccer.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xvi, 199 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Globalization and football

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2009.

Summary:

This timely book provides an engaging, clear view of the interrelationships within key globalization processes and the global sport of football. Giulianotti and Robertson advance an intelligent and critical analysis that combines the conceptual and methodological aspects of global studies with the cultural complexity of the 'beautiful game'. The social history and global diffusion of football are examined, as well as the game's wider cultural, economic, political and social dimensions. Using football to chart increasing levels of transnational connectivity and global consciousness, the authors explore how the game may be understood as a metric, mirror, motor and metaphor of globalization. Issues discussed include: football's position as the 'global game' transnational identities of clubs and players, and the global civil society cosmopolitanism and Americanization neo-liberal policies and key inequalities politics, nations, and international governance The book is ideal for students and academics with interests in sport, globalization and cultural relations. It will also appeal to wider readers who are curious about transnational processes, or who are passionate about the game of football. Book jacket.

Notes:

Includes bibliography ([173]-189) and index.

ISBN:

9781412921275

1412921279

1412921287

9781412921282

OCLC:

302060544