Racism Xenophobia Antisemitism And Islamophobia In European Football Symptoms Sources And Solutions

This book examines the prevalence of racism xenophobia antisemitism and Islamophobia in European football. It provides critical assessments of selected policies strategies campaigns and initiatives that have been developed by various stakeholders aimed at combating these discriminatory practices. Bringing together leading football researchers this book opens with a discussion of the historical context for racism xenophobia antisemitism and Islamophobia in European football and outlines the key terms and core concepts that frame the study of this topic. The book then offers ten in-depth case studies of European countries including England France Germany Italy the Netherlands Poland Portugal Scotland Spain and Sweden. Each chapter describes and analyses the various manifestations of racism xenophobia antisemitism and/or Islamophobia against the specific socio-historical demographic political and cultural contexts of the country before engaging with the responses of selected stakeholders. The case studies are followed by a critical account of supra-national responses including the involvement of UEFA the European Union the Council of Europe and Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE). The book is rounded off by a cross-cultural comparative analysis drawing out the key themes that define the problem of racism and discrimination in European football today. The most up-to-date study of one of football’s most disconcerting and enduring issues this book is fascinating reading for any student researcher policymaker or practitioner with interest in the sociology of sport football and its fan cultures issues of inclusion and exclusion in modern societies European football and the relationships between sport and wider society. The Open Access version of this book available at www.taylorfrancis.com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International license. |Racism Xenophobia Antisemitism and Islamophobia in European Football Symptoms Sources and Solutions