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- Fully updated throughout to reflect the changes and challenges of the football industry today
- Offers a greater emphasis on financial regulation in football, structural changes and the media
- Explores community impact of football and many new initiatives that have developed since the first edition's release
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The beautiful game is big business. Football leagues worldwide are being dominated by clubs which are becoming richer and more powerful. Since the first edition of this book was published in 2003, much has changed in the industry. However the central challenge remains how best football, its leagues and clubs can navigate a path between the logic of the market and the logic of community (social), while also remaining focused on a sporting logic.
In this second edition, author Stephen Morrow offers a critique of football’s economic structure, prevalent models of club ownership and governance, and new approaches to regulation that have emerged. The book also reflects on the Covid-19 pandemic and on ways in which it has illuminated many of the structural weaknesses inherent in football. It also offers an insight into the woman’s game and its financial development in some countries, as well discussing issues such as football’s response to environmental challenges.Drawing on theory and new literature from across relevant academic disciplines, this book seeks to make sense of the current challenges while also putting forward solutions as to how football can continue to harness and build on its social and community significance.
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About the author
STEPHEN MORROW is Associate Professor in International Sport Management in the Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University. His research concentrates on the financial and governance aspects of the football industry and he has had several papers published in that area. He is a regular contributor to both radio and television on issues relating to the football business. He is the author of The New Business of Football (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The People's Game?
Book Subtitle: Football, Finance and Society
Authors: Stephen Morrow
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20932-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-20931-4Published: 26 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-20934-5Published: 26 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-20932-1Published: 24 January 2023
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXVI, 284
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Management, Sport Science , Sports Economics