David Storey

Football, Place and National Identity

Transferring Allegiance

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Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on the intricate connections between football, place and politics. Investigating the switch of national sporting allegiance by some footballers from their home country to country of residency or family origins, it examines the reasons behind the recent growth of the phenomenon, and explores reactions to this.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 361g
• ISBN-13: 9781786606174
• ISBN-10: 1786606178
• Artikelnr.: 59982335

Autorenporträt

By David Storey

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Football, Place and Identity
Chapter 2. Nations, Nationality and Football's Changing Rules
Chapter 3. Switching Allegiance
Chapter 4. African Connections
Chapter 5. The Boys in Green
Chapter 6. Ireland's Border-Crossers
Conclusion: Political Football