Football Fandom in Europe and Latin America Culture, Politics, and Violence in the 21st Century

This book combines pieces of work on Europe and Latin America, the two continents where football arouses the most ardent passions among its spectators. Curiously, an undertaking to compare on a large scale the forms extreme fandom takes in these two geographical areas is still lacking. A situational analysis of the scientific literature devoted to the subject over the last two or three decades represents a step in this direction, making a scattered store of knowledge accessible. It thus answers a need to clarify regional differences in identities and in the practices of supporters. 

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part 1. Europe.- Chapter 2: A sociological analysis of United Kingdom football fans: historical debates and contemporary issues.- Chapter 3: Football fandom in France and Italy.- Chapter 4: A struggle between loyalty and commodification: Scandinavian football fans.- Chapter 5: From stands to forests: the development of Belgian and Dutch hooliganism.- Chapter 6: Fandom, society and politics in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.- Chapter 7: The long shadow of communism, hooliganism and identity politics: contemporary football fandom in Eastern Europe.- Chapter 8: Football fandom in south-eastern Europe: the countries from the former Yugoslavia.- Chapter 9: Claques, ultras and radicals: the uneven development of fandom in Spain and Portugal – a history of identities and political extremism.- Part 2. Latin America.- Chapter 10: A duel of "hinchadas": Chile and Argentina, a comparative study.- Chapter 11: The field of interactions of organized supporters' groups inBrazil.- Chapter 12: War and football in the Andes: organized groups of supporters in Peru and Colombia.- Chapter 13: Comparative history, culture and structure of Central America's fooball fan groups.- Chapter 14: Isolation, youthful rebelliousness and criminalization: football supporters' groups in Mexico.- Chapter 15: Conclusion.

Bernardo Buarque de Hollanda is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Sciences and a researcher at the Centre for Research and Documentation on Brazilian Contemporary History at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV/CPDOC), Brazil.

Thomas Busset is a Historian and Scientific Collaborator at the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES), University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He oversees research on the links between hooliganism and right-wing extremism in Switzerland. Among his books are Aux Frontières Du Football Et Du Politique (2016) and L’autre Visage Du Supportérisme (2014).