HOOLIGANS, ULTRAS, ACTIVISTS IBD

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This book is the first comprehensive attempt to identify the deeper causes that have shaped contemporary behaviour patterns and motivations among football fans in Poland.ááFan culture in Poland has long been based on a distinctively grassroots, spontaneous movements that ruled out any cooperation with local authorities and sports organizations. The activity of supporter groups has regularly failed to meet the principles set by official bodies, intentionally breaching the moral and legal standards of the day.áBased on data derived from ethnographic fieldwork, content analysis of fan journals, magazines, social media and online forums, as well as a wide range of qualitative interviews conducted over the years, the book analyses the ways in which fandom culture in Poland has evolved: from its moderate beginnings in the shadows of a communist regime in the 1970âÇÖs, through the anomic, âÇÖuncivilizedâÇÖ and pathological decade of the 1990âÇÖs, to the peculiar culture based on strong cohesion, capabilities of social mobilization and emerging âÇÖresistance identityâÇÖ in the 21st century.áIt thus provides a detailed analysis of Polish fandomâÇÖs multi-dimensional structure, and will be of interest toástudents and academics interested in the growing field of football research, as well as those researchingá theátransformation of Central and Eastern Europe, or more generally in European Studies.