Lower League Football in Crisis: Issues of Organisation and Legitimacy in England and Germany Daniel Ziesche

Lower League Football in Crisis: Issues of Organisation and Legitimacy in England and Germany Daniel Ziesche – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9783030537463,3030537463,9783030537470, 3030537471

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• ISBN 10:3030537471
• ISBN 13:9783030537470
• Author:  Daniel Ziesche

The study links the developments at the top level of English and German football in the past 30 years to transformational processes in lower league football. Illustrating how the hegemonic status of top football weighs hard on the spheres below, it depicts how it also serves as a blueprint for lower league football clubs’ strategies in coping with a threefold dilemma of institutional legitimacy that shows itself in economic, cultural and social dimensions. Taking the different club structures in both national contexts as a starting point, it portrays both the efficacy of institutional frameworks and how these can be challenged from below. This research will be of interest to students and scholars across football studies, sports studies, the sociology of sport, and organisation studies.

Table contents:

Introduction: Football Clubs, Community and Legitimacy
Setting the Scene: Structural Differences and Theoretical Considerations
A Threefold Dilemma of Legitimacy
Economic Crisis: Number Games
Cultural Crisis: The Great Divide
Social Crisis: Building Bridges
Ways Out of the Crises
Qualitative Case Studies from England and Germany
Economic Coping Mechanisms: Professionalisation, Or—Creating Sustainable Structures
Cultural Coping Mechanisms: Communitisation, Or—(Re-)Engaging with Communities
Social Coping Mechanisms: Societisation, Or—Improving Credibility as Social Institutions
One Size Does Not Fit All: Comparison and Results
Conclusion: Towards Hybrid Organisations and Supermodern Football

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