The transformation of European football : towards the Europeanisation of the national game / edited by Arne Niemann, Borja García, and Wyn Grant.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Description
xiii, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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    Summary note
    The book examines the transformation of European football in recent years by focusing on the impact of Europe in general and the EU in particular on the way that the game has evolved in a broad cross section of European states.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: the transformation of European football / Wyn Grant
    • pt. I Context
    • 2. Europe: the transformation of football / Richard Parrish
    • 3. UEFA and the European Union: the green shoots of a new European public space? / Jonathan Hill
    • pt. II Country studies
    • 4. Germany: between modest adjustment and system transformation / Arne Niemann
    • 5. England: a liberal model under challenge? / Wyn Grant
    • 6. France: a case of UEFAisation? / Albrecht Sonntag
    • 7. Italy: the least of the great leagues? / Pippo Russo
    • 8. Spain: parochialism or innovation? / Carmen Perez Gonzalez
    • 9. The Netherlands: the problematic future of Dutch football / Rens Vliegenthart
    • 10. The Europeanisation of Austrian football: historically determined and modern processes / Georg Spitaler
    • 11. Sweden: the development of club football on the periphery of Europe / Bo Carlsson
    • 12. Poland: new shape, old problems / Melchior Szczepanik
    • 13. Switzerland: professionalisation and internationalisation, courtesy of the EU and UEFA / Olivier Siegrist
    • 14. Conclusion: a Europeanised game? / Wyn Grant.
    ISBN
    • 9780719085758 ((hbk.))
    • 0719085756 ((hbk.))
    SuDoc no.
    LAW3042
    LCCN
    2011277049
    OCLC
    701811097
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