politics and Europeanization on the fringes of the EU /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Gary Armstrong and Jon P. Mitchell.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (1 volume)
SERIES
Series Title
Routledge critical studies in sport
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Team selection : producing the nation -- New tactics : producing difference -- Football and politics : traditions and modernities -- Playing to the big men : patronage and party -- Professions of faith : footballing modernities -- The bigger they come : the price of football -- All the president's men : follow the money -- Getting into Europe : global flows of talent -- Foreign fan clubs : the global in the local epilogue.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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'Global and Local Football' explores the transformation of football as a popular cultural form by examining its development in one place, the Mediterranean island of Malta.