Football and Risk : Trends and Perspectives, Paperback by Ludvigsen, Jan Andr...

by Ludvigsen, Jan Andre Lee

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Football and Risk : Trends and Perspectives, Paperback by Ludvigsen, Jan Andre Lee, ISBN 1032301139, ISBN-13 9781032301136, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "This is the first book to look closely at the concept of 'risk' in elite and professional football from a social scientific perspective. Drawing on the wider sociological, criminological and management literature on risk, it shows how football helps us to understand global risk more generally in present-day society. Th explores how attitudes to risk have shaped modern football business, and identifies those risks that pose a threat to the sustainability of football in the future. It draws upon thework of theorists including Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens and Michel Foucault, as well as media sources and policy documents, and covers a range of topics, cases and themes including political, environmental and terrorism risks, technologies, the governance of fans, and risk resistance. In the context of the social, globalised and commercialised realm of football, as well as a global pandemic that has had a profound influence on attitudes to risk, th argues that modern societies' preoccupation with risk has transformed the ways in which modern football is played on the pitch, organized off the pitch, covered in the media, and attended by fans. Including an extended case study of the 2026 World Cup, to be held in the USA, Mexico and Canada, this is a thought-provoking read for any student, researcher or policy-maker with an

• ISBN: 9781032301136
• Condition: Fine

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