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Fighting Fans: Football
Hooliganism as a World Phenomenon -
Eric Dunning
Synopsis
Soccer hooliganism has long been regarded as primarily an English - or
perhaps British - disease, yet in fact it has long existed as a social problem
worldwide. In this volume, experts consider hooliganism in 14 countries - eight
soccer-playing countries in Europe (including Ireland), two in South America,
Australia, South Africa, Japan, and, in the case of North America, a chapter on
general sports-related violence. Why have problems of hooliganism from the
outset become more regularly attached to soccer than to other global sports? The
social roots and forms of soccer hooliganism are explored in the various
countries. Do racial, religious or social class cleavages play a part in
developing and fostering football violence? What part do the media play? Is
hooliganism related to the degree to which soccer is central to the value-system
of a country, and the length of time that it has occupied such a position?
Though they themselves adhere to a range of different sociological perspectives,
the contributors focus on the important theoretical framework devised by Eric
Dunning and the Leicester School, in particular the role of aggressive
masculinity and the hypothesis that attending matches is part of a "quest for
excitement".
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