Tag: Ömer Turan
A valuable resource for anyone with an interest in the relationship between sport and place
The Political Football Stadium: Identity Discourses and Power Struggle, edited by Başak Alpan, Albrecht Sonntag & Katarzyna Herd (Palgrave Macmillan) focuses on the football stadium as a political space and examines how stadiums can be viewed as the objects and catalysts of political change. Alan Bairner has read a well-researched and informative tome with a wealth of interesting materials, but he is still able to suggest a couple of politically interesting stadiums to include in a second volume.
New book about sports as a potential force in political struggles for independence and sovereignty
Sport and Secessionism, edited by Mariann Vaczi and Alan Bairner (Routledge), examines how sporting cultures reflect, inform and sometimes frustrate secessionist movements around the world by investigating a wide range of cases. Our reviewer is Norwegian historian Matti Goksøyr, and his insightful presentation and critical assessment of the collection reveals new takes, new examples and hence new perspectives and more nuances to the ways sport can operate and be applied in secessionist contexts.
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 54, 2019, No. 2
The International Review for the Sociology of Sport is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, from standard length research papers to shorter reports and commentary, as well as book and media reviews.
