{"product_id":"critical-issues-in-football-9781032183091","title":"Critical Issues in Football","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowcasing some of the most important current research in football studies, this book demonstrates the value of social theory and sociology in helping us to better understand the world's favourite sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book sheds critical new light on key issues in contemporary football, with each chapter using a different theoretical lens, drawing on the work of key thinkers from Elias and Foucault to Hall and Maffesoli. It explores issues and topics central to the study of modern football, including homophobia, feminist-informed coaching practice, the racialised experiences of black professional footballers, the concussion crisis and the role of identity in online football communities. It also looks ahead at the issues that are likely to define the research agenda in football studies in years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is fascinating reading for any student or researcher with an interest in football, the sociology of sport, social theory or social issues in wider society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Examining Critical Issues in Football Through Sociological Theory \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTUART WHIGHAM, WILL ROBERTS, ALEX CULVIN, AND DANIEL PARNELL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstablished Social Theories and Football \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Tottenham Hotspur, Fan Identity and Figurational Sociology: ‘Yid Army’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBONITA LUNN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 How an Ethos of Amateurism Can Support the Integration of an Ecological Approach to Learning and Development in Football Academies: Too Much Too Early? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWILL ROBERTS, MARTYN ROTHWELL, HAYDN MORGAN, JAMES VAUGHAN, AND CARL WOODS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 The McDonaldisation of Football’s Formal Coach Education?: Creating the McCoach \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eANTHONY BUSH AND SHAUN WILLIAMS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART II\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmerging Social Theories and Football \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Desire, Drive and the Melancholy of English Football: ‘It’s (not) Coming Home’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJACK BLACK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 An Alternative Lens for Grassroots Sport: De-schooling Football \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eANDREW PITCHFORD, BEN MORELAND, DEBBIE SAYERS, AND WILL ROBERTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Negotiating Identity Conflict Through Football: Experiences of People Living with Type 1 Diabetes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHRISTOPHER BRIGHT AND GYŐZŐ MOLNÁR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Professional Knowledge Development in Performance Pathways: A Futsal Case Study Through the Lens of Practice Architectures \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIÔN KITSON, PETE VALLANCE, AND SIMON PHELAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART III\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial Theories of Gender and Sexuality in Football \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Experiences of Female Football Referees: Using the Lack of Fit Model to Explore Gender Stereotypes in Football in England\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLAURA GRUBB, TOM WEBB, AND MIKE RAYNER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Critical Feminism and Football Pundits: Calm Down… It’s Just a Woman Talking Football \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALI BOWES, MOLLY MATTHEWS, AND JESS LONG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Towards the Application of Feminist-Informed Pedagogical Principles into Coaching Practice: Personal Narratives and Implications for Football Coaches \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eADI ADAMS, ALICE HUNTER, AND ELLIE GENNINGS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 English (Men’s) Football, Masculinity and Homophobia: From Hegemonic to Inclusive Masculinity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAY WILLSON AND RORY MAGRATH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART IV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial Theories of ‘Race’ and Ethnicity in Football \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 The Racialised Construction of Black Professional Footballers in Engl(ish) Football: Love the Game, Hate the Player\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJASON ARDAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Black Professional Football Players, Social Capital and Social Change: A Case Study of Marcus Rashford’s Child Poverty Campaign \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKEON RICHARDSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 ‘Pogba x Stormzy’ and the Politics of Race and Representation: An Introduction to Stuart Hall and British Cultural Studies \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMICHAEL HOBSON\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018882744663,"sku":"9781032183091","price":118.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/critical-issues-in-football-9781032183091","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}