Collective Action and Football Fandom A Relational Sociological Approach /

• Main Authors: Cleland, Jamie (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Doidge, Mark (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Millward, Peter (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Widdop, Paul (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Relational Sociology
• Subjects: Sports-Sociological aspects.; Sociology.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Sociological Theory.

This book draws upon a relational sociological paradigm to explore the processes of collective action in football fandom across Europe and the UK. Through a range of case studies, the authors address pertinent themes in football fandom, including anti-discrimination, 'home,' ticketing, nam...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Relational Sociology, Collective Action, and Football Fandom
• 2. The Touchstones for Understanding Football Fans' Collective Actions: A Primer in Cultural Relational Sociology
• 3. Friendships, Community Ties, and Non-league Fandom: Opting 'Out' from the Commercialization of the Premier League and 'In' to Leftist Political Scenes
• 4. 'Bringing City Home': Coventry City, Sisu Capital, and the Ricoh Arena
• 5. Supporters' Trusts as Collective Action: Swansea City in Focus
• 6. Ticket Prices Campaigns, Urban Space, and Twitter: Social Networks and Storied Connections
• 7. Football Supporters Across Europe: Cooperation and Solidarities in Networks of Fan Movements
• 8. Conclusion: Connections More Than Matter!-Relational Understandings of Football Fans' Collective Actions.