The game of football has played a key role in shaping and cementing senses of national identity throughout the world. Aware that the game may afford a space for expressing protest, groups may attempt to harness the forces of populist nationalism. This book examines football in 18 countries.

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PABLO ALABARCES Lecturer and Researcher, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires TORBJÖRN ANDERSSON Researcher, Department of History, University of Lund DAVID L.ANDREWS Assistant Professor, Department of Human Movement Sciences and Education, University of Memphis ALAN BAIRNER Lecturer in Politics, University at Ulster at Jordanstown IRIS BAR YORAM S.CARMELI Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa FREEK COLOMBIJN environmental historian, Central Sumatra HUGH DAUNCEY Lecturer and Researcher in French Studies, University of Newcastle MATTI GOKSOYR Associate Professor of Sports History, Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Oslo GEOFF HARE Senior Lecturer in French Studies, University of Newcastle HANS HOGNESTAD Researcher, Norwegian University for Physical Education and Sport, Oslo CAN KOZANOGLU sociologist, author and a former journalist DRAZEN LALIC Director of the Youth Information Centre, and Councillor , Split City Council JOSÉ SÉRGIO LEITE LOPES Professor of Anthropology, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil HIROKO MAEDA Assistant Professor, Department for Interdisciplinary Studies of Lifelong Sport and Physical Exercise, National Institute of Fitness and Sports, Kanoya UDO MERKEL Senior Lecturer, Chelsea School, University of Brighton JON P. MITCHELL Lecturer in Social Anthropology, School of Cultural and Community Studies, Sussex University JOHN NAURIGHT Senior Lecturer, Department of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia HARUO NOGAWA Professor, Department of Sport Management, Juntendo University AAGE RADMANN sociologist, Sport Research Centre, University of Lund DAVID RUSSELL Reader in the History of Popular Culture, University of Central Lancashire. Currently Head of the Institute of Football Studies RAMON SARRO completed his doctorate at the Department of Anthropology, University College, London PETER SHIRLOW Lecturer in Geography, Queen's University, Belfast, and director of the Sio-Spacial Analysis Research Unit SRDJAN VRCAN former Professor of Sociology, University of Split DETLEV ZWICK Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, University of Rhode Island

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Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Football in the Making; G.Armstrong & R.Giulianotti The Old World Superpowers: Veteran Players Associating with Football: Social Identity in England 1863-1998; D.Russell Hooligans and Carnival Fans: Scottish Football Supporter Cultures; R.Giulianotti The Coming of Age: the World Cup of France '98; H.Dauncey & G.Hare Football Identity and Youth Culture in Germany; U.Merkel Glory and Innovation: Pre-eminent Players Everything in Moderation: the Swedish Model; T.Andersson & A.Radmann Post-modern Times: Identities and Violence in Argentine Football; P.Alabarces Football and its Dilemmas: a Brazilian Story; J.S.L.Lopes Waiting in the Wings: Marginal Players Making the Maltese Cross: Football on a Small Island; G.Armstrong & J.Mitchell Beyond Erdirne: Football and the National Identity Crisis in Turkey; C.Kozanoglu View from the Periphery: Football in Indonesia; F.Colombijn Contested Decisions: Disunited Players The Generation Game: Football among the Baga of Guinea; R.Sarro Territorial Politics and Football in Northern Ireland; A.Bairner & P. Shirlow Team Selection and the Chosen People in Israel: the Case of Hapoel Taibeh; Y.S.Carmeli & I.Bar From Ends to Trenches, and Back; Football in the Former Yugoslavia; S.Vrcan & D.Lalic New Tactics: Contemporary Players Bhola Lethu: Football in Urban South Africa; J.Nauright No Longer Worlds Apart? British Influences in Norwegian Football; M.Goksoyr & H.Hognestad The Suburban Soccer Field; Sport and the Culture of Privilege in Contemporary America; D.Zwick & D.L.Andrews The Japanese Dream: Soccer Culture Towards the New Millennium; H.Nogawa & H.Maeda Index