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Author: | Giulianotti, R. Robertson, R. |
Title: | The globalization process of football: a study in the glocalization of the `serious life´ |
Journal: | British Journal of Sociology
2004 : DEC, VOL. 55:4, p. 545-568 |
Index terms: | Democracy Football Globalization MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | This article focuses on football as dynamic sign of globalization. The concept of `glocalization´ highlights the interdependence of local and global processes wirhin the game's identities and institutions. The world's leading football clubs are seen as `glocal´ transnational corporations. In this article the political globalization of football os evaluated with reference to the possible advance of democracy within the game's international governance. |
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