Collective Action and Football Fandom: A Relational Sociological Approach

By Jamie Cleland

Book Overview

1. Relational Sociology, Collective Action, and Football Fandom2. The Touchstones For Understanding Football Fans' Collective Actions: A Primer in Cultural Relational Sociology3. Friendships, Community Ties, and Non-league Fandom: Opting 'Out' from the Commercialization of the Premier League and 'In' to Leftist Political Scenes4. 'Bringing City Home': Coventry City, Sisu Capital, and the Ricoh Arena5. Supporters' Trusts as Collective Action: Swansea City in Focus6. Ticket Prices Campaigns, Urban Space, and Twitter: Social Networks and Storied Connections7. Football Supporters Across Europe: Cooperation and Solidarities in Networks of Fan Movements8. Conclusion: Connections More Than Matter!-Relational Understandings of Football Fans' Collective Actions

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030103226
• ISBN13: 9783030103224
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"