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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131268703321

Autore

Doidge Mark

Titolo

Football Italia : Italian football in an age of globalization / / Mark Doidge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

796.3340945

Soggetti

Soccer - Italy

Soccer - Political aspects - Italy

Soccer - Social aspects - Italy

Sports and globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction - Globalisation and Italian Football2. Globalisation and Community3. Modernity and Deregulation in Italy4. Deregulation and Crisis in Italian football5. The Tempest: A Twenty-First Century of Scandal6. The Matchday Experience: Italian Stadiums7. The Matchday Experience: Italian Forces of Order8. The Matchday Performance: Football Fandom in Italy9. The Livornesi Performance: The Local and the Political10. The Social Capital of Italian Supporters' Clubs11. Conclusion: 'Year Zero?.

Sommario/riassunto

"Football Italia examines the development of Italian football in relation to the wider global transformations impacting football, and addresses the reasons for Serie A's initial success and current malaise."--