Football Politics in Central Europe and Eastern Europe

This book elucidates the socio-political and symbolic-cultural aspects of football as a "different form of politics" in Central-Eastern and Eastern Europe, drawing on both contemporary and historical aspects and including insights from different disciplines.

Roland Benedikter is research professor of multidisciplinary political analysis in residence at the Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies at the University of Wroclaw. Dariusz Wojtaszyn is professor of history at Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies of the University of Wroclaw.

Chapter 1: Football and Politics in Europe: A Complex Relationship. A Very Short State of the Art Mirjam Gruber Chapter 2: Russia's 2018 Football World Championship: A Case of Imaginal Politics Roland Benedikter, Mirjam Gruber, Tomasz Sahaj, Dariusz Wojtaszyn Chapter 3: Football Politics in Central-Eastern Europe: A Symptom of Growing Anti-Europeanism and Anti-Globalization? Roland Benedikter, Dariusz Wojtaszyn Chapter 4: "Identity Football" in Poland: A Driver of Tribal Politics and Re-Nationalization? Tomasz Sahaj, Dariusz Wojtaszyn Chapter 5: Borderline Football in Historically Contested Eastern European Areas: The Case of Lviv-Lemberg, Western Ukraine Dariusz Wojtaszyn Chapter 6: Never Just a Game. Football National Team Matches as a Binational Rivalry Game: The Case of Romania-Hungary Bogdan Popa Chapter 7: Between East and West: Football in Divided Berlin Dariusz Wojtaszyn