Football hooliganism in Europe: security and civil liberties in the balance

Providing the first EU-wide study of the way football hooliganism has been defined by academics, law makers and enforcers, and the media since the 1960s, this book examines the regulation and policing of the phenomenon, which has been influenced by security-related developments within post-bipolar Europe INDICE: Introduction - PART I: CLEAR CONTOURS (1965-1985) - Early AcademicTheories - A Non-Specific Legal Framework - Divergent Policing Styles - The Social Construction of 'Otherness' - PART II: BLURRED BOUNDARIES (1985-1997) - The Vibrancy of the Academic Community - Paradoxical Legal Specificity - Convergent Policing Styles - The General Acceptance of 'Otherness' - PART III: SPLINTERED CONTOURS (1997-2008) - The Academic Community Runs out of Steam - LegalVagueness - The Decompartmentalization of Policing - The Consensus Around Security - Notes - Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-230-20114-9
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 184
• Fecha Publicación: 29/01/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés