Soccer, Globalization, and Innovation: The Beautiful Game in the 21st Century (1) (Critical Research in Football)

By: Kirk Bowman and John B. Boyd

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Synopsis: This is the first book to focus on innovation as a response to globalization in soccer in the context of the global development of the world’s most popular sport.Concentrating on social innovation and on innovations in governance and organization in soccer’s traditional heartlands and also at its global periphery, the book explores some of the most important contemporary themes in the social scientific study of sport, including fandom, activism, gender, governance, new media, artificial intelligence, greenwashing, and sport-for-development. The book features case studies from around the world, including the United States, Brazil, Türkiye, Finland, England, Spain, Japan, Morocco, Uruguay, and South Africa, and it opens new theoretical perspectives on soccer as a vector of social development and on the intersection of sport and globalization.This is fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in the sociology of sport, sport management, sport development, soccer, political science, or global development.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 251 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781040430316
Related ISBNs:: 9781032939032, 9781040430293, 9781003568162
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 09/24/25
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Kirk Bowman and John B. Boyd
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Sports, Business and Finance, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Kirk Bowman
Edited by:: John B. Boyd