James Rosbrook-Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3702231 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Rosbrook-Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosbrook-Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | ROSBROOK-THOMPSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Anglia Ruskin University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Power Plays
Sources of power in political processes are often reduced to the dualism of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’. Sport, in both its practise and delivery might also evidence such characteristics as it is used to achieve political outcomes. The soft route is usually administered more ‘artfully’ in its attempt to shape performance and processes. The hard route relies more on threats and coercion albeit such processes may be subtle. In what follows a variety of sport…
The construction and understanding of mixed-race identities at a superdiverse youth football club
Using the findings of two years' ethnographic fieldwork, the article examines the construction and understanding of mixed-race identities at a football club situated in a superdiverse area of London. It describes how the characteristics of superdiversity together with the dynamic between parents/guardians, children, coaches and scouts shape people's perceptions of the ethnic options available to mixed-race young people. I try to show how assertio…
Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London
Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London
Introduction
Understanding Difference amid Superdiversity
Using the findings of ethnographic fieldwork conducted at an inner-city football club, the article examines the relationship between superdiversity and understandings of human variation. It is argued that club personnel relied on what I have termed 'granular essentialisms' to make sense of their superdiverse surroundings. These were assertions about ethnicity and 'race' that resulted from sustained engagement across various categories of differen…
I’m local and foreign’
Those considering threats to the liberal-democratic model of citizenship which emanate ‘from below’ have naturally focused on migrants’ sentiments of belonging and the meaning they ascribe to citizenship – or substantive citizenship. Using the findings of two years’ ethnographic fieldwork, the article explores the modes of belonging of a group of first-, second- and third-generation migrants in central London. It is argued that a substantive noti…
Terrorizing defences
The democratically elected President of Liberia was between 1997 and 2004 also the country's 'Chief Patron of Sport'. Enjoying tennis more than team games, the one-time President, Charles Taylor, realized that the electorate's enthusiasm for the game of football meant that the game could be a useful vehicle with which to associate. As well as funding the salaries of the national 'Lone Star' football team, Taylor also sponsored a football team in …
Fields and Visions
The concept of the "African Personality" was celebrated by the continent's first post-colonial President, Kwame Nkrumah. Sweeping to power in Ghana's first general election in 1951, Nkrumah and his Convention People's Party-inspired by Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. Du Bois-espoused the doctrines of nationhood and self-reliance. The conceptual dimensions of Nkrumah's "African Personality" and the role he had in mind for Association Football (soccer) …
Coming to America
In January 2007, English international soccer star David Beckham announced to a global media that he would be leaving the Spanish giants Real Madrid to join Major League Soccer's (MLS) Los Angeles Galaxy. MLS Commissioner Don Garber feted Beckham as a global sporting icon whose presence attested to America's gradual transformation into a ‘Soccer Nation.’ However, following LA Galaxy's acquisition, a debate surrounding soccer's previous failure to…
I’m local and foreign’
Those considering threats to the liberal-democratic model of citizenship which emanate ‘from below’ have naturally focused on migrants’ sentiments of belonging and the meaning they ascribe to citizenship – or substantive citizenship. Using the findings of two years’ ethnographic fieldwork, the article explores the modes of belonging of a group of first-, second- and third-generation migrants in central London. It is argued that a substantive noti…
Understanding Difference amid Superdiversity
Using the findings of ethnographic fieldwork conducted at an inner-city football club, the article examines the relationship between superdiversity and understandings of human variation. It is argued that club personnel relied on what I have termed 'granular essentialisms' to make sense of their superdiverse surroundings. These were assertions about ethnicity and 'race' that resulted from sustained engagement across various categories of differen…
The construction and understanding of mixed-race identities at a superdiverse youth football club
Using the findings of two years' ethnographic fieldwork, the article examines the construction and understanding of mixed-race identities at a football club situated in a superdiverse area of London. It describes how the characteristics of superdiversity together with the dynamic between parents/guardians, children, coaches and scouts shape people's perceptions of the ethnic options available to mixed-race young people. I try to show how assertio…
Fields and Visions
The concept of the "African Personality" was celebrated by the continent's first post-colonial President, Kwame Nkrumah. Sweeping to power in Ghana's first general election in 1951, Nkrumah and his Convention People's Party-inspired by Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. Du Bois-espoused the doctrines of nationhood and self-reliance. The conceptual dimensions of Nkrumah's "African Personality" and the role he had in mind for Association Football (soccer) …
Terrorizing defences
The democratically elected President of Liberia was between 1997 and 2004 also the country's 'Chief Patron of Sport'. Enjoying tennis more than team games, the one-time President, Charles Taylor, realized that the electorate's enthusiasm for the game of football meant that the game could be a useful vehicle with which to associate. As well as funding the salaries of the national 'Lone Star' football team, Taylor also sponsored a football team in …
Coming to America
In January 2007, English international soccer star David Beckham announced to a global media that he would be leaving the Spanish giants Real Madrid to join Major League Soccer's (MLS) Los Angeles Galaxy. MLS Commissioner Don Garber feted Beckham as a global sporting icon whose presence attested to America's gradual transformation into a ‘Soccer Nation.’ However, following LA Galaxy's acquisition, a debate surrounding soccer's previous failure to…
Terrorizing defences
The democratically elected President of Liberia was between 1997 and 2004 also the country's 'Chief Patron of Sport'. Enjoying tennis more than team games, the one-time President, Charles Taylor, realized that the electorate's enthusiasm for the game of football meant that the game could be a useful vehicle with which to associate. As well as funding the salaries of the national 'Lone Star' football team, Taylor also sponsored a football team in …
Fields and Visions
The concept of the "African Personality" was celebrated by the continent's first post-colonial President, Kwame Nkrumah. Sweeping to power in Ghana's first general election in 1951, Nkrumah and his Convention People's Party-inspired by Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. Du Bois-espoused the doctrines of nationhood and self-reliance. The conceptual dimensions of Nkrumah's "African Personality" and the role he had in mind for Association Football (soccer) …
I’m local and foreign’
Those considering threats to the liberal-democratic model of citizenship which emanate ‘from below’ have naturally focused on migrants’ sentiments of belonging and the meaning they ascribe to citizenship – or substantive citizenship. Using the findings of two years’ ethnographic fieldwork, the article explores the modes of belonging of a group of first-, second- and third-generation migrants in central London. It is argued that a substantive noti…
Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London
Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London
Introduction
Understanding Difference amid Superdiversity
Using the findings of ethnographic fieldwork conducted at an inner-city football club, the article examines the relationship between superdiversity and understandings of human variation. It is argued that club personnel relied on what I have termed 'granular essentialisms' to make sense of their superdiverse surroundings. These were assertions about ethnicity and 'race' that resulted from sustained engagement across various categories of differen…
Power Plays
Sources of power in political processes are often reduced to the dualism of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’. Sport, in both its practise and delivery might also evidence such characteristics as it is used to achieve political outcomes. The soft route is usually administered more ‘artfully’ in its attempt to shape performance and processes. The hard route relies more on threats and coercion albeit such processes may be subtle. In what follows a variety of sport…
The construction and understanding of mixed-race identities at a superdiverse youth football club
Using the findings of two years' ethnographic fieldwork, the article examines the construction and understanding of mixed-race identities at a football club situated in a superdiverse area of London. It describes how the characteristics of superdiversity together with the dynamic between parents/guardians, children, coaches and scouts shape people's perceptions of the ethnic options available to mixed-race young people. I try to show how assertio…
Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (6 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Football (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Ethnography (3 works)