Ernest Yeboah Acheampong, Malek Bouhaouala, Michel Raspaud

African Footballers in Europe (eBook, ePUB)

Migration, Community, and Give Back Behaviours

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the social and economic evolution of African football, examining the strategies and resources that players mobilise in their migrations, with a particular focus on 'give back behaviours'. It shines new light on contemporary migrations, labour markets in sport, and processes of development in Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000650464
• Artikelnr.: 57816458

Autorenporträt

Ernest Yeboah Acheampong (PhD) is Lecturer in the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports at the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, and Associate Researcher in the Laboratory of Sport and Social Environment at Université Grenoble Alpes, France. His research interests are in African football, footballers' migration and mobility, football coaching, youth football and education, sport for development, and the giving back phenomenon.

Malek Bouhaouala is Associate Professor in the Socioeconomics of Sport at Université Grenoble Alpes, France. He coordinates a research programme on ecosystem innovation in the mountain sports industry and is President of the think tank University and Enterprise Alliance of Grenoble (AUEG). His research interests are sport and tourism, leisure and society, mountain sports, entrepreneurs, sport consumers, and the giving back phenomenon.

Michel Raspaud is Professor of Sport Sociology at Université Grenoble Alpes, France. His research focuses mainly on sociology and history of mountaineering, high altitude adventure tourism, and international football (Africa, Brazil, Romania).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. African Football
Migration
Give Back Behaviour
and Economic Rationality
2. Give Back Behaviour Spectacle
Football Labour Markets
Sports Migration
and Connection with Communities
3. Theoretical Approaches to Give Back Behaviour
4. Methodological Approaches to Give Back Behaviour
5. Street Football
Periodisation
and Migration Itineraries and Strategies
6. Professional Players
Relationships
and Typologies of Give Back Behaviours
Conclusion