Providing the first EU-wide study of the way football hooliganism has been defined by academics, law makers and enforcers, and the media since the 1960s, this book examines the regulation and policing of the phenomenon, which has been influenced by security-related developments within post-bipolar Europe
Providing the first EU-wide study of the way football hooliganism has been defined by academics, law makers and enforcers, and the media since the 1960s, this book examines the regulation and policing of the phenomenon, which has been influenced by security-related developments within post-bipolar Europe
Introduction 1Pt. I Clear Contours (1965-85)1 Early Academic Theories 152 A Non-Specific Legal Framework 223 Divergent Policing Styles 274 The Social Construction of 'Otherness' 30Pt. II Blurred Boundaries (1985-97)5 The Vibrancy of the Academic Community 426 Paradoxical Legal Specificity 577 Convergent Policing Styles 728 The General Acceptance of 'Otherness' 86Pt. III Splintered Contours (1997-2008)9 The Academic Community Runs out of Steam 10010 Legal Vagueness 10511 The Decompartmentalization of Policing 11712 The Consensus around Security 125Notes 135References 145Name Index 169Subject Index 174