| Description |
1 online resource (301 pages) |
| Series |
Perspectives in Economic and Social HIST |
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Perspectives in Economic and Social HIST
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction: Sport, Politics and History in Post-War Britain; Part I: Violence and Politics in British Football; 1 An Introduction to Football Violence: Context, Community and Conflict; 2 Moral Anxieties, National Mythologies and Football Violence; Part II: The Total Policy of Containment; 3 Violent Environments: Physical Space, Discipline and Football Disorder; 4 Police and the State: Tactics, Networks and the Development of Football Policing |
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5 Stretching Punishment: The State, Law and Order, and Threatening the SpectatorPart III: Racism and Cultural Conflict in British Football; 6 The Football Front: Neo-Fascist and Anti-Fascist Politics in Football, 1977-85; 7 'Ten Years behind the Times': Racism and Anti-Racism in Football, 1986-98; 8 'A Different Set of Rules': Black Footballers, Anti-Racism and Whiteness; Conclusion: Legacies of Violence in British Football; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This study, based on government records, newspaper articles and fanzines, explores the complex interaction between politicians, police and the perpetrators of football violence. Bebber looks at how successive governments tried to impose law and order on football 'hooligans', whilst inadvertently escalating the violence |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317321613 |
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1317321618 |
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9781317321606 |
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131732160X |
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