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Japan, Korea and the 2002 World Cup

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The football World Cup is unquestionably the biggest sporting event in the world. This fascinating collection of papers examines the background to the 2002 World Cup Finals, held in Korea and Japan, and explores the event's profound social, cultural, political and economic significance.The book offers important insight into topics such as:* the development of professional football in Korea and Japan* the political and diplomatic significance of the first co-hosted World Cup* FIFA and the 'back stage' dealing behind the World Cup* football as a global culture and it

כותר Japan, Korea and the 2002 World Cup / edited by John Horne and Wolfram Manzenreiter.
מוציא לאור London
New York : Routledge
שנה 2002
הערות Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
English
הערת תוכן ותקציר Cover
Japan, Korea and the 2002 World Cup
Copyright
Contents
List of Illustrations
Contributors
Preface
1. Global governance in world sport and the 2002 World Cup Korea/Japan
Introduction
A World Cup of superlatives
The periphery on centre stage
Dealing with football
The politics of football
Uniting the nations, unifying the nation: the work of ideologies
Whose people's game?
Conclusion
References
Part I. Politics, football and football politics
2. Things more important than football?
War and memory
Struggling to become 'normal'
Money
3. Getting the gamesIntroduction
Global games and regional ambitions
FIFA's own power struggles
Pressure from the past
Competitive hosting for the good of the games
Beyond football: the future of Japanese-Korean relations
4. International power struggles in the governance of world football
Introduction: staging international sporting events
Japan versus Korea
The race for 2006
Part II. Football in Korea and Japan
5. The development of football in Korea
The development of modern sport in Korea
The early development of football in KoreaThe K-League and soccer in Korea
Korean star players and coaches, supporters and the national team
6. The development of football in Japan
Football in Japan: before the Pacific War
The rise of the Japan Professional Football League (J.League)
Aspects of contemporary Japanese football culture
7. Korean football at the crossroads
Introduction: Korean football between Asia and Europe
Russian coach and Korean players
Korean Cup Ramen
The best Asian team
Whither the World Cup?
References8. Japan in the world of football
Introduction: Japan in the football world before 1945
Japan in the football world: 1950s-1990s
Japanese football: internationalism at home and abroad
Tragedies and miracles: supporting the Japanese national team
Part III. State, civil society and popular resistance in football
9. Japanese soccer fans
Japan's 'Man. United'
Violence and representation by Urawa Reds supporters
Making sense of soccer supporting, and the Match Day Program
On the Withered Lawn
Allez Japon! Japanese soccer supporters abroad
Ultra Nippon: travelling with the national teamMoment of resistance?
Alternative choices
10. Another kick-off
Voluntary activities as a new social movement
The traditional Japanese social system of sports and soccer voluntary groups
The emergence of soccer voluntary groups
The present state of soccer voluntary groups
Starting soccer from barren land: the case of the 2002 World Cup venue cities, Niigata and Oita
11. The political economy of the World Cup in South Korea
Theoretical discussion
State and society in Korea
היקף החומר 1 online resource (241 p.)
שפה אנגלית
מספר מערכת 997010720319705171
תצוגת MARC

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