Joining the dots on football in Europe

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Football: this is what being European looks like

Published on: 18 February 2016

Written by: Mark Perryman All articles by Mark Perryman

What’s the most Europeanised institution in British society? The answer is easy if you think about it.

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Heysel: 30 years on

Published on: 27 May 2015

Written by: Roberto Beccantini All articles by Roberto Beccantini

A reflection on the thirtieth anniversary of the Heysel Stadium disaster - one of football's worst tragedies.

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Football and its role in unifying the European public space

Published on: 3 November 2014

Written by: Pascal Boniface All articles by Pascal Boniface

Written by: Benjamin Grizbec All articles by Benjamin Grizbec

The Iron Curtain gave in when confronted with soccer, and that was only the beginning. Interview with Pascal Boniface.

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Should Serbia vs Albania have gone ahead in the first place?

Published on: 30 October 2014

Written by: Arlinda Rrustemi All articles by Arlinda Rrustemi

Were UEFA being dangerously naive when they allowed Serbia and Albania to be drawn into the same qualifying group?

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Putting politics on the pitch: UEFA's failed response to Serbia-Albania

Published on: 27 October 2014

Written by: Ben Denison All articles by Ben Denison

Instead of bringing the focus back to sports, UEFA’s decision about the abandoned Albania-Serbia game has given an...

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Football and ethnic violence in the Balkans

Published on: 22 October 2014

Written by: Ivan Djordjevic All articles by Ivan Djordjevic

How can one flag cause so much trouble? A contextual analysis of the now notorious, abandoned football match between...

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Greece and the financial politics of football

Published on: 21 October 2014

Written by: Marcu Niculescu All articles by Marcu Niculescu

Owning a football club has increasingly become a means of securing political influence in many European countries....

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The art of dissent: twenty years of philosophy football

Published on: 12 October 2014

Written by: Geoff Andrews All articles by Geoff Andrews

For the last twenty years I have been organising Philosophy Football FC, a team which started with eleven...

Published in: openDemocracyUK

Does democracy make Germany better at football?

Published on: 21 August 2014

Written by: Joel Sharples All articles by Joel Sharples

Does democratic ownership of German clubs help explain their success at football?

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A post-World Cup glow for Belgium?

Published on: 8 July 2014

Written by: Hugh Lovatt All articles by Hugh Lovatt

The success of the Belgian national team at the 2014 World Cup has briefly united Flemish and Walloon speakers, but...

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Taking a selfie of yourself eating a banana wont solve racism

Published on: 2 May 2014

Written by: Timothy Smith All articles by Timothy Smith

#weareallmonkeys just allows white people to jokily dismiss their own privilege without addressing the racist...

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Kosovo United?

Published on: 24 March 2014

Written by: Marigona Uka All articles by Marigona Uka

The debut of the Kosovo national football team in their first ever FIFA sanctioned match was a hugely significant...

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Football: an Italian synecdoche?

Published on: 25 February 2014

Written by: Isotta Rossoni All articles by Isotta Rossoni

Are the issues facing Italian football emblematic of the issues facing the country itself? Read more from our...

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Commercialisation and nationalism in Polish football

Published on: 20 December 2013

Written by: Michał Syska All articles by Michał Syska

Could there be a link between the increasing commercialisation of Polish football and the rise in far-right hooliganism?

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The Bosnian national football team: a case study in post-conflict institution building

Published on: 14 October 2013

Written by: Edin Dedovic All articles by Edin Dedovic

The Bosnian national football team provides an inspiring example of what Bosnian society could become, given the...

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Where Turkish politics meets football: AKP's offside goal against 'Çarşı'

Published on: 28 September 2013

Written by: Derya Lawrence All articles by Derya Lawrence

ÇARŞI are being painted as the culprits of the pitch invasion and violence of the Sunday game. However, the 'losing...

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Proud to be German? Football and the fear of nationalism

Published on: 30 July 2013

Written by: Catherine Stupp All articles by Catherine Stupp

Though some fans are enthusiastic, even proud of today's multi-ethnic, multi-racial German football teams, taking...

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Football in Turkey: A force for liberalisation and modernity?

Published on: 19 July 2013

Written by: Aslan Amani All articles by Aslan Amani

The relationship between football and society in Turkey is unique and complex. Behind the corruption and fanaticism...

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"Red Star Serbia, never Yugoslavia!" Football, politics and national identity in Serbia

Published on: 16 July 2013

Written by: Ivan Djordjevic All articles by Ivan Djordjevic

In the years before the war football fans from the former Yugoslavia had a sort of premilitary training in the...

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The Nation's Most Holy Institution: football and the construction of Croatian national identity

Published on: 30 June 2013

Written by: Dario Brentin All articles by Dario Brentin

More than religion or war, it is football that is uniquely shaping Croatian national identity in a post-Yugoslav world

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