Global and local football
Subtitle: politics and Europeanization on the fringes of the EU
By: by Gary Armstrong and Jon P. Mitchell.
Contributors: Mitchell, Jon P.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415350174; 9780203607480
Subjects: Soccer -- Malta -- History; Soccer -- Political aspects -- Malta; Soccer -- Social aspects -- Malta; Sports and globalization -- Malta; Malta -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Team selection : producing the nation; title: New tactics : producing difference; title: Football and politics : traditions and modernities; title: Playing to the big men : patronage and party; title: Professions of faith : footballing modernities; title: The bigger they come : the price of football; title: All the president's men : follow the money; title: Getting into Europe : global flows of talent; title: Foreign fan clubs : the global in the local epilogue.