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View article: Social Movement <i>Ruptures</i> and <i>Legacies</i>: Unpacking the Early <i>Sedimentation</i> of the Anti-European Super League Movement in English Football
Social Movement <i>Ruptures</i> and <i>Legacies</i>: Unpacking the Early <i>Sedimentation</i> of the Anti-European Super League Movement in English Football Open
Building on Della Porta’s work on social movement events, critical junctures, and legacies, this article studies the discursive practices, emotions and networks of the instant 48-hour mobilizations of the anti-European Super League (ESL) m…
View article: Lockdown leisure
Lockdown leisure Open
This editorial sets the scene for this special issue by unpacking the concept of ‘lockdown leisure’ as closely linked with the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic which spread globally in early 2020 and throughout 2021 and 2022. I…
View article: A Security Theater of Dreams: Supporters’ Responses to “Safety” and “Security” Following the Old Trafford “Fake Bomb” Evacuation
A Security Theater of Dreams: Supporters’ Responses to “Safety” and “Security” Following the Old Trafford “Fake Bomb” Evacuation Open
On May 15, 2016, reports emerged of a “suspect package” inside Old Trafford minutes before kick-off in Manchester United’s game versus Bournemouth. The “suspect package,” causing a full-scale evacuation, and match postponement, turned out …
View article: Austerity, policy and sport participation in England
Austerity, policy and sport participation in England Open
This study seeks to understand participation levels in sport across socio-demographic groups, specifically for the period 2008–14, in the context of austerity measures taken by central government resulting in local authority income and exp…
View article: Sport policy and politics in an era of austerity
Sport policy and politics in an era of austerity Open
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book examines participation levels in sport in England across socio-demographic groups between 2008 and 2014 in the context o…
View article: Social Movements, Collective Action and Activism
Social Movements, Collective Action and Activism Open
Collective action and oppositional political activism are firmly established features of any society and pose a challenge to inequality, exclusion and injustice rooted in the oppression of people. Oppressive practices and exclusionary poli…
View article: Sport policy and politics in an era of austerity
Sport policy and politics in an era of austerity Open
This book assesses the impact of austerity measures introduced by UK and EU governments for public and third sector organisations providing sport-related services and for service users.
View article: Austerity, policy and sport participation in England
Austerity, policy and sport participation in England Open
This study seeks to understand participation levels in sport across socio-demographic groups, specifically for the period 2008–14, in the context of austerity measures taken by central government resulting in local authority income and exp…
View article: A ‘Different Class’? Homophily and Heterophily in the Social Class Networks of Britpop
A ‘Different Class’? Homophily and Heterophily in the Social Class Networks of Britpop Open
Social network analysis is increasingly recognised as a useful way to explore music scenes. In this article we examine the individuals who were the cultural workforce that comprised the ‘Britpop’ music scene of the 1990s. The focus of our …
View article: Is austerity the biggest threat to sport of our time
Is austerity the biggest threat to sport of our time Open
This is a short research note prepared by Dr Dan Parnell and Dr Peter Millward, of ConnectSport, which offers an insight into a recent special issue on sport management in an era of austerity, published in the European Sport Management Qua…
View article: Sport management issues in an era of austerity
Sport management issues in an era of austerity Open
The article discusses various papers published in this joint special issue corruption in sports including one by Gardiner, Parry and Robinson on sports integrity industry, one by Lee on how Confucian cultural factors contribute to corrupti…
View article: Against <i>Modern Football</i>: Mobilising Protest Movements in Social Media
Against <i>Modern Football</i>: Mobilising Protest Movements in Social Media Open
Recent debates in sociology consider how Internet communications might catalyse leaderless, open-ended, affective social movements that broaden support and bypass traditional institutional channels to create change. We extend this work int…
View article: World Cup 2022 and Qatar’s construction projects: Relational power in networks and relational responsibilities to migrant workers
World Cup 2022 and Qatar’s construction projects: Relational power in networks and relational responsibilities to migrant workers Open
This article explores the relational power and responsibilities to migrant workers on physical infrastructure projects in Qatar connected to the sovereign state hosting the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup…