TY - GEN ID - 85655557 TI - Politics, ideology and football fandom : the transformation of modern poland AU - Kossakowski, Radosław AU - Kossakowski, Radek AU - Nosal, Przemysław AU - Woźniak, Wojciech PY - 2020 SN - 0429325886 1000049795 PB - Abingdon, Oxon, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Soccer KW - Soccer fans KW - Nationalism and sports KW - SPORTS & RECREATION / General KW - SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer KW - SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports KW - Political aspects KW - Political activity KW - Poland KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions KW - Sports and nationalism KW - Sports KW - Soccer spectators KW - Sports spectators KW - Association football KW - English football KW - European football KW - Football (Soccer) KW - Football KW - Fans UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85655557 AB - "Football fans and football culture represent a unique prism through which to view contemporary society and politics. Based on in-depth empirical research into football in Poland, this book examines how fans develop political identities and how those identities can influence the wider political culture. It surveys the turbulent history of Poland in recent decades and explores the dominant right-wing ideology on the terraces, characterised by nationalism, 'traditional' values and anti-immigrant sentiment. As one of the first book-length studies of fandom in Eastern Europe, this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of society and politics in post-Communist states. Politics, Ideology and Football Fandom is an important read for students and researchers studying sport, politics and identity, as well as those working in sports studies and political studies covering sociology of sport, globalisation studies, East European politics, ethnic studies, social movements studies, political history and nationalism studies"-- ER -