ABSTRACT
This book provides a highly readable introduction to the phenomenon of football hooliganism, ideal for students taking courses around this subject as well as those having a professional interest in the subject, such as the police and those responsible for stadium safety and management. For anybody else wanting to learn more about one of society's most intractable problems, this book is the place to start.
Unlike other books on this subject it is not wedded to a single theoretical perspective but is concerned rather to provide a critical overview of football hooliganism, discussing the various approaches to the subject. Three fallacies provide themes which run through the book: the notion that football hooliganism is new; that it is a uniquely football problem; and that it is predominantly an English phenomenon.
The book examines the history of football-related violence, the problems in defining the nature of football hooliganism, the data available on the extent of football hooliganism, provides a detailed review of the various theories about who hooligans are and why they behave as they do, and an analysis of policing and social policy in relation to tackling football hooliganism.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |24 pages
Part 1 Introduction
chapter |7 pages
I. Introduction
chapter |15 pages
2. Football violence in history
part |48 pages
Part II Defining Football Hooliganism
chapter |19 pages
3. The nature and extent of British football hooliganism
chapter |11 pages
4. Levels of football violence in Europe
chapter |16 pages
5. European fan profiles and behaviour
part |79 pages
Part III Explaining football hooliganism
chapter |9 pages
6. An overview of British theories of football hooliganism
chapter |16 pages
7. British theoretical perspectives in detail
chapter |11 pages
8. Theoretical approaches from Europe and beyond
chapter |12 pages
9. The media and football hooliganism
chapter |13 pages
10. Football violence and alcohol
chapter |14 pages
11. Racism and football fans
part |36 pages
Part IV Tackling Football Hooliganism