Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia in European Football (eBook, ePUB)

Symptoms, Sources, and Solutions
Redaktion: Merkel, Udo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the prevalence of racism, xenophobia, antisemitism, and Islamophobia in European football. It provides critical assessments of selected policies, strategies, campaigns, and initiatives that have been developed by various stakeholders aimed at combating these discriminatory practices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040401729
• Artikelnr.: 74368055

Autorenporträt

Udo Merkel is a German social scientist who spent most of his life working at HE institutions in England, UK. He has a keen interest in the political economy of football, politics and sociology of sport, mega sports events as a foreign policy and diplomatic tools, globalisation, comparative European sport studies, and fan cultures. Now semi-retired, Udo is based in Spain and works as a consultant and independent critical scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Key contexts, terms and nomenclature. 2. Conceptual and
theoretical considerations: Racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and
Islamophobia. 3. England: Islamophobia in English professional and amateur
football: A blind spot. 4. France: Les Bleus and the Republic: Diversity,
difference and discrimination. 5. Germany: Tensions and contradictions in
football: Integration versus discrimination. 6. Italy: Racism, xenophobia,
and the North-South divide in football. 7. The Netherlands: Racism and
policy responses in Dutch football: A critical evaluation. 8. Poland:
Nationalism, racism, xenophobia and football fan sub-cultures: Historical
developments and contemporary issues. 9. Portugal: Making sense of and
tackling racism in football. 10. Scotland: Sectarianism as racism in
football? The cut and thrust of an ongoing debate. 11. Spain: Understanding
and fighting racism in football: A story of ignorance and half-heartedness.
12. Sweden: Swedish society and football at odds with each other - So open,
yet so closed. 13. Europe (I): Supranational political and policy responses
to racism and discrimination in football. 14. Europe (II): Comparative
observations: Commonalities and differences.