- This is the first book-length political sociology of the European Football Championships (Euros).
- The Euros are the third largest sporting mega-event in the world.
- Explores key themes and emerging trends in sport studies, including digitalisation, the politics of co-hosting, and environmental concerns.
Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics with Sociology at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. His research field is in the political sociology of sport and his research on mega-events, security, globalization, risk and fandom has been published in internationally leading journals including the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Journal of Consumer Culture, Leisure Studies and Journal of Sport and Social Issues.
Renan Petersen-Wagner is Senior Lecturer in Sport Business and Marketing at Leeds Beckett University, UK. His research interests are within the broad field of media studies in sport, but particularly concerned with the current platformization of society. Renan's research on fandom, cosmopolitanism, mediatization, the Global South and disability sport has been published in journals including Current Sociology, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, and Sport in Society.
Title: The UEFA European Football Championships: Politics, Media Spectacle and Social Change (Critical Research in Football)
Author: Ludvigsen, Jan Andre Lee,Petersen-Wagner, Renan
ISBN: 9781032416489
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-12-12
Number of Pages: 122
Weight: 0.2501 kg
