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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454905703321

Autore

Murphy Patrick <1943, >

Titolo

Football on trial : spectator violence and development in the football world / / Patrick Murphy, John Williams, and Eric Dunning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1990

ISBN

1-138-46921-1

1-134-94294-X

1-280-32230-6

0-203-40872-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsJohn (John M.)

DunningEric

Disciplina

363.3/2

Soggetti

Spectator control

Soccer fans

Soccer - Social aspects

Hoodlums - Public opinion

Soccer hooliganism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword by Richard Faulkner, Deputy Chairman of the Football Trust; Preface; FOOTBALL ON TRIAL: REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF SOCCER AS A WORLD GAME; THE ROOTS OF PLAYER VIOLENCE IN FOOTBALL IN SOCIO-HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; FOOTBALL HOOLIGANISM IN BRITAIN BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR; FOOTBALL HOOLIGANISM IN BRITAIN: 1880  1989; SOCCER CROWD DISORDER AND THE PRESS: PROCESSES OF AMPLIFICATION AND DE-AMPLIFICATION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LIFE WITH THE KINGSLEY LADS: COMMUNITY, MASCULINITY AND FOOTBALL

FOOTBALL SPECTATOR BEHAVIOUR AS A EUROPEAN PROBLEM: SOME FINDINGS FROM A COLLABORATIVE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF THE 1988 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPSWHY ARE THERE NO EQUIVALENTS OF SOCCER HOOLIGANISM IN THE UNITED STATES?; ENGLISH FOOTBALL



AND THE HOOLIGAN CRISIS: PREVAILING POLICIES AND CONSTRUCTIVE ALTERNATIVES; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The leading writers in the field extend their analysis formulated in Hooligans Abroad and The Roots of Football Hooliganism to shed new light on one of the most troubling social problems of our times.