Hate crime in football : how racism is destroying the beautiful game

Hate crime in football how racism is destroying the beautiful game

Rates of hate crime within football have been increasing, despite the visibility of anti-racist actions such as ‘taking the knee’. With a unique collection of testimonies, this book shows that hostility is a daily occurrence for some professional football players, ranging from online threats to phys...

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Weitere Verfasser: Awan, Imran (HerausgeberIn), Zempi, Irene (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Bristol Bristol University Press 2023
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Hate crimes > Soccer players > Crimes against > Soccer fans > Attitudes > Soccer > Social aspects > SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology > Crimes haineux > Soccer - Social aspects > Aufsatzsammlung
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Zusammenfassung:Rates of hate crime within football have been increasing, despite the visibility of anti-racist actions such as ‘taking the knee’. With a unique collection of testimonies, this book shows that hostility is a daily occurrence for some professional football players, ranging from online threats to physical intimidation and violence at football matches. Bringing a range of perspectives to this widespread problem, leading academics, practitioners and policy makers shed light on the best strategies to tackle racism, homophobia, transphobia and misogyny in football
Beschreibung:xvii, 209 Seiten
ISBN:9781529227185
978-1-5292-2718-5