The first International Conference of the joint PSA/ In the Zone Sport and Politics Consultancy will take place at the … More
Tag: Policy and Politics
‘90-minute patriots’ and contemporary Scottish politics: exploring the nature of unionism, nationalism and political support amongst Scottish football supporters
By Stuart Whigham The prospect of Scottish independence has remained a salient issue within the domain of Scottish and … More
The Forgotten Fans
By Paul Kitchin Ulster University On the 16th of January the Culture, Media and Sports Committee published their 5th report … More
Political economy and football formation: Toward a labour process analysis of the work of footballers
Gavin Maclean of Edinburgh Napier University presents his research on Political economy and football formation: Toward a labour process analysis … More
The Politics of the Poppy Ban
By Dr Danny Fitzpatrick @DFitz_Politics Despite appeals from the respective football associations of England and Scotland, FIFA has refused to … More
….this months forgotten news
By Paul Kitchin Amid the furore over greed in the beautiful game, the fact that nearly 1/3 of Premier League … More
Football for good
On International Day for Sport Development and Peace colleagues of The Football Collective reflect on their experiences. By Dr Daniel Parnell, Dr Pedro Pablo Cardoso Castro … More
WWII remembrance, rituals and political extremism in Croatian football – The case of “Za dom spremni”
By Dario Brentin Last week most European national football teams played a number of friendly international games as part of … More
