![]() | Corruption, Mafia Power and Italian Soccer Subjects: Law; Politics & International Relations; Sports and Leisure; Social Sciences; Socio-Legal Studies; Criminology - Law; European Politics; Sport and Leisure Studies; Sports Development; Sport and Leisure Management; Individual Sports; Sociology & Social Policy; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Crime and Society; Italian Politics; Sociology of Sport; Sport and Politics; Sports History; Sport and Social Problems; Sports Law; Football; Organized Crime; Sociology of Culture; Whilst corruption and organized crime have been widely researched, they have not yet been specifically linked to sport. Corruption, Mafia Power and Italian Soccer offers an original insight into this new research area. Adopting a psycho-social approach based mainly on Pierre Bourdieu's praxeology, the book demonstrates that corruption and the mafia presence in Italian soccer reflect the Italian socio-political and economic system itself.
This is important reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and academics working in the areas of sociology, criminology, policing, anthropology, the sociology of sport, sport deviance, sport management and organised crime. It is also a valuable resource for practitioners in the football industry. Alberto Testa is Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of West London, UK, and a visiting Senior Research Fellow at the SportcomLab of the University of Bologna, Italy. Anna Sergi is Lecturer in Criminology and Deputy Director of the Centre for Criminology at the University of Essex, UK. She is an International Visiting Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Chair of the Early Career Researchers Network of the British Society of Criminology. |
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