Fringe Nations in World Soccer (Sport in the Global Society)

Synopsis

Soccer is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world, gaining huge media coverage and reaching all levels of society in countries all around the world. More than just entertainment, soccer has proved to be a reflection of national, cultural, community and ethnic identity as well as an indication of the development and international status of post-colonial nation states. For those nations still at the fringes of the modern global game, soccer represents a vision of potential commercialisation, capable of generating foreign reserves and bringing in considerable economic power. This book explores aspects of the development of soccer in countries which have recently been marginalised in world soccer or have only erratic success on the international stage. These fringe nations include a greater part of Africa, the USA, Australia, Israel, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Indonesia, Thailand, Maldives and Sri Lanka, and while these countries are rarely noticed by the global football media, they nonetheless have great potential to excel, and many have a rich soccer heritage that still holds a place of central importance in the every day life of the people.This book was previously published as a special issue of Soccer and Society.

Copyright:

2008

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

264 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781317998099

Related ISBNs:

9781317998105, 9781317998082, 9780415378222, 9781315878904, 9780415494878

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

01/25/24

Copyrighted By:

Kausik Bandyopadhyay and Sabyasachi Mallick

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Sports

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Kausik Bandyopadhyay

Edited by:

Sabyasachi Mallick