Beschreibung:
Football, Nationality and the State examines the complex and ever-changing relationship between football (its development and structure), nationality and the state.
1. Introduction; the game of nations. Section 1: Football Nations Within the State. 2. UK 4 FIFA 0: the result of football's early development. 3. Storming the Castile; footballing nations of Spain. 4. Playing in the right language: football in Belgium. 5. Playing across the border; football frontiers. Section 2: Football as an Extension of the State. 6. Read Star Dynamo Lokomotiv Torpedo FC: football in Eastern Europe. 7. Don't shoot me. I'm presidente; football and politics in Argentina. 8. Ultra-political: football culture in Italy. 9. Women can't play, it's a male ball: her story in football. References. Index.