Football and Risk

This is the first book to look closely at the concept of 'risk' in elite and professional football from a social scientific perspective. Drawing on the wider sociological, criminological and management literature on risk, it shows how football helps us to understand global risk more generally in present-day society.

Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics with Sociology at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Broadly, Jan's main research areas are within the social and political study of sport, and his research on sport mega-events, security, risk and fandom has been published in journals such as the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Journal of Consumer Culture, Leisure Studies and Journal of Sport and Social Issues. He has also authored Sport Mega-Events, Security and Covid-19: Securing the Football World (Routledge, 2022).

1, Introduction, 2. Globalization, Theorizing Risk and the Risk Society, 3. Between Environmental and Political Risks: The World Cup, 'Green Legacies' and Protests, 4. Crime Control, Pre-Crime and Managing Risk: Trends, Technologies and Examples from Europe, 5. Risk Perceptions, Dangerousness and the Media, 6. Conclusions and Directions