Football in the Balkans I by Dragnea, Mihai; Wojtaszyn, Dariusz; Melicharek, Maros;

Internal Views, External Perceptions

Series: South-East European History; 8;

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Publisher Peter Lang
Date of Publication 1 January 2023

ISBN 9781433195174
Binding Hardback
No. of pages184 pages
Size 14x150x225 mm
Weight 349 g
Language English

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The book is devoted to the phenomenon of football in the Balkans. It provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the political instrumentalisation of football and its social significance in the region. In doing so, it offers readers an in-depth look at Balkan societies and the determinants of their political and social functioning. The topics are geographically wide-ranging, covering Greece, Romania, the former Yugoslavia and the states that emerged from its disintegration: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Across these regions, the contributors cover issues including the legitimacy of power, political manipulation, problems of political transition, corruption, collective identity, nationalism and antagonism between the Balkan nations, and armed conflicts in the former Yugoslavia. Collectively they offer a number of fresh perspectives in conveying a sense of the complexity and diverse historical experiences of football across the Balkans. The book is aimed at a wide academic audience as well as journalists, analysts, and enthusiasts of sport and the Balkans.

"This is an eclectic and geographically wide-ranging collection of essays. In conveying a sense of the complexity and diverse historical experiences of football across the Balkans, authors based both in the region and beyond offer a number of fresh perspectives. From a consideration of Greek football through the eyes of coaches and footballers hailing from the Polish People's Republic, via original archival research into the highly irregular sporting world of post-Tito Yugoslavia, to the survival battle between privatised Romanian clubs and their fan-backed 'clones', this book makes some intriguing contributions to the burgeoning literature on the (not so) beautiful game." Richard Mills, Associate Professor, University of East Anglia (United Kingdom); Author of The Politics of Football in Yugoslavia