| Description |
x, 196 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Professional football in context -- Attitudes to work in professional football -- Uncertainty and football injuries -- Injuries, stigma and social identity -- Transferring and the transformation of self -- Transfer markets and informal grapevines -- Control and the process of transferring -- The fate of idealism in professional football |
| Summary |
"The Work of Professional Football offers a sociological study of the working lives of 'ordinary' professional footballers. Based on extensive research, including in-depth interviews with players who have achieved varying degrees of professional success, it provides unprecedented insight into this 'closed' world, and a unique sociological exploration of a contemporary working culture." "The book focuses on career turning points, such as injury and transfer, and demonstrates how players' identities are built around basic needs for security and self-esteem. The Work of Professional Football will be of great interest to students and researchers working in the sociology of sport and the sociology of work, football studies, coaching studies, business and management."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Professional sports.
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Soccer -- Social aspects -- England.
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Soccer -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
2005028645 |
| ISBN |
0203014952 (ebook) |
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0415363721 (hardback) |
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041536373X (paperback) |
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