Mateusz Grodecki
Biographic Data
| ID | 4198155 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mateusz Grodecki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mateusz |
| FAMILY NAME | Grodecki |
| SIGNATURE | GRODECKI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3156-2850 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Everyday Football Fan Violence
The issue of football (soccer)-related fan violence encompasses a broad spectrum of aggressive behaviors associated with football games and the wider football culture. Although this problem has been studied for many decades, it has primarily been explored as a match-day-related issue. In reality, however, fan violence is not confined to the context of matches; it also permeates everyday life. Yet, the problem of everyday fan violence has remained…
Fan violence in youth football: Experiences and attitudes of young players
Researchers have explored different dimensions of fan violence and several aspects of violence in youth sports, but fan violence in youth football remains understudied. This article aims to fill the indicated gap by (a) investigating and mapping the experiences of male youth football players with fan violence and (b) exploring their attitudes towards it. Drawing on 21 individual interviews with youth players, this study identifies different forms…
Searching for Validity in Interview Research on Football (Soccer) Ultras as a Hard-to-Reach Group
There is a significant gap in the literature regarding proven interviewing techniques for qualitative interviews with football ultras and a considerable lack of comprehensive methodological guidance on enhancing validity in research involving hard-to-reach groups. In this article, we address both gaps by systematising our fieldwork experience from research on ultras in Poland and proposing refined and tested techniques that increase the validity …
From English to Polish Disease. Conceptualising hooligans’ setup fights and their diffusion across Europe
Nationalism and Anti-LGBTQ: Exploring the Role of Nationalism in Soccer Fans’ Protests Against LGBTQ+ Equal Rights
This paper examines the role of nationalism in Polish soccer fans’ protests in resistance to LGBTQ+ equal rights. Drawing on data from semistructured interviews with 22 nationalist activists, namely ideological leaders of hard-core soccer supporters’ community, who shape the ultras’ nationalist discourse, the study explores their rationalizations behind anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrations. By recognizing nationalism as an ideological background, our study…
Why Does Fan Violence Persist in Football? Football Rivalries Ideology, the Reproduction of Football-Related Violence and its Everyday Dimensions
Hooligans are coming home. A response to Ellis Cashmore and Kevin Dixon, ‘Why football violence made a comeback in continental Europe but spared England’ [ soccer & society 25, no. 3 (2024): [378-384]
Becoming a Nationalist Activist: Exploring Biographical Paths of Polish Football Fans
The article explores the biographical process of becoming a nationalist activist in the environment of Polish football supporters. Analysing the issue in focus, it also aims to show how the biographical approach can be a useful method to study the processes of reproduction of bottom-up nationalism in general. To this end, we use the classic theoretical approach of Thomas and Znaniecki to explore autobiographical narratives from interviews with 35…
Banalisation of race through football
Performative nationalism in Polish football stadiums and fans' views and attitudes: Evidence from quantitative research
Football stadiums are one of the places where nationalistic views are presented. This is done by means of displays held by organised supporters - ultras. This study aims to examine (1) to what extent the postulates of performative national ideology presented by ultras in Polish stadiums are shared by fans of Polish football clubs; and (2) whether they translate into corresponding attitudes at the individual level. The study is based on a survey c…
Odmiany polskiej tożsamości narodowej i ich konsekwencje dla postaw wobec mniejszości
Artykuł przedstawia wyniki badania poświęconego ilościowej eksploracji odmian tożsamości narodowej Polaków oraz analizuje, jak wyróżnione rodzaje tożsamości narodowej przekładają się na postawy wobec różnych mniejszości i innych narodów. W tym celu wykorzystuje dane z ilościowego badania kwestionariuszowego przeprowadzonego na próbie dorosłych Polaków (15 lat i starszych) losowanej z operatu adresowego (N=1005). Na podstawie analizy skupień metod…
Occasional Nationalists: The National Ideology of Ultras
Drawing on a post-structuralist, post-Marxist discursive approach to nation, this paper aims to (1) explore the constitutive elements of the national ideology of Polish ultras, (2) study what means of expression are used in their choreographies in order to disseminate their vision of the nation, and (3) map the events that stimulate the production of choreographies related to national issues. The study is based on the content analysis of ultras’ …
Contingent nationalism: The genesis of ultras' nationalist discourse
This article presents the results of a study on the historical development of nationalist discourse in Polish football stands. Its main objectives are: (a) to reveal the processes shaping the ultras' nationalist discourse; and (b) to explain how it has been institutionalised and reproduced. Drawing on the post-foundational discourse analysis, the study conceptualises nationalist discourse as a set of structurally arranged practices of articulatio…
Class wars among devoted football supporters. Hooligan bourgeoisie and non-hooligan proletariat
The paper explores a phenomenon of growing divisions within the Polish football supporters, namely between the hooligans and the rest of devoted supporters. There are three primary aims of the paper: 1) to explain the origin of the more apparent division in the devoted supporters’ community; 2) to characterize the division, and thus – 3) to analyse its potential consequences. The paper draws on 96 interviews with football supporters and a desk re…
Building social capital: Polish football supporters through the lens of James Coleman's conception
The purpose of the presented study is to understand and describe the mechanisms for generating social capital in the groups of devoted football supporters in Poland, by: (a) exploring those features of football supporters' social structures that are essential for creating social capital and enabling them to maintain it within those groups; and (b) trying to identify the historical processes which foster emergence of these features in supporters' …
Missing the goal: Policy evolution towards football-related violence in Poland (1989-2012)
The article aims to analyse the evolution of governmental policy in regard to football-related violence in Poland. The investigation is seen through a broader political prism of the country's modernization efforts that were symbolically framed by two major events: the partially free parliamentary elections in 1989 and the finals of Euro 2012 co-hosted by Poland. The paper offers a discussion on policy dynamics stemmed from politicization and inst…
The Social Phenomenon of Football: The Third Side Of The Stands. Activity of Supporter Trusts in Poland
Missing the goal: Policy evolution towards football-related violence in Poland (1989-2012)
The article aims to analyse the evolution of governmental policy in regard to football-related violence in Poland. The investigation is seen through a broader political prism of the country's modernization efforts that were symbolically framed by two major events: the partially free parliamentary elections in 1989 and the finals of Euro 2012 co-hosted by Poland. The paper offers a discussion on policy dynamics stemmed from politicization and inst…
Contingent nationalism: The genesis of ultras' nationalist discourse
This article presents the results of a study on the historical development of nationalist discourse in Polish football stands. Its main objectives are: (a) to reveal the processes shaping the ultras' nationalist discourse; and (b) to explain how it has been institutionalised and reproduced. Drawing on the post-foundational discourse analysis, the study conceptualises nationalist discourse as a set of structurally arranged practices of articulatio…
Class wars among devoted football supporters. Hooligan bourgeoisie and non-hooligan proletariat
The paper explores a phenomenon of growing divisions within the Polish football supporters, namely between the hooligans and the rest of devoted supporters. There are three primary aims of the paper: 1) to explain the origin of the more apparent division in the devoted supporters’ community; 2) to characterize the division, and thus – 3) to analyse its potential consequences. The paper draws on 96 interviews with football supporters and a desk re…
Becoming a Nationalist Activist: Exploring Biographical Paths of Polish Football Fans
The article explores the biographical process of becoming a nationalist activist in the environment of Polish football supporters. Analysing the issue in focus, it also aims to show how the biographical approach can be a useful method to study the processes of reproduction of bottom-up nationalism in general. To this end, we use the classic theoretical approach of Thomas and Znaniecki to explore autobiographical narratives from interviews with 35…
Performative nationalism in Polish football stadiums and fans' views and attitudes: Evidence from quantitative research
Football stadiums are one of the places where nationalistic views are presented. This is done by means of displays held by organised supporters - ultras. This study aims to examine (1) to what extent the postulates of performative national ideology presented by ultras in Polish stadiums are shared by fans of Polish football clubs; and (2) whether they translate into corresponding attitudes at the individual level. The study is based on a survey c…
Occasional Nationalists: The National Ideology of Ultras
Drawing on a post-structuralist, post-Marxist discursive approach to nation, this paper aims to (1) explore the constitutive elements of the national ideology of Polish ultras, (2) study what means of expression are used in their choreographies in order to disseminate their vision of the nation, and (3) map the events that stimulate the production of choreographies related to national issues. The study is based on the content analysis of ultras’ …
Building social capital: Polish football supporters through the lens of James Coleman's conception
The purpose of the presented study is to understand and describe the mechanisms for generating social capital in the groups of devoted football supporters in Poland, by: (a) exploring those features of football supporters' social structures that are essential for creating social capital and enabling them to maintain it within those groups; and (b) trying to identify the historical processes which foster emergence of these features in supporters' …
From English to Polish Disease. Conceptualising hooligans’ setup fights and their diffusion across Europe
Why Does Fan Violence Persist in Football? Football Rivalries Ideology, the Reproduction of Football-Related Violence and its Everyday Dimensions
The Social Phenomenon of Football: The Third Side Of The Stands. Activity of Supporter Trusts in Poland
Missing the goal: Policy evolution towards football-related violence in Poland (1989-2012)
The article aims to analyse the evolution of governmental policy in regard to football-related violence in Poland. The investigation is seen through a broader political prism of the country's modernization efforts that were symbolically framed by two major events: the partially free parliamentary elections in 1989 and the finals of Euro 2012 co-hosted by Poland. The paper offers a discussion on policy dynamics stemmed from politicization and inst…
Building social capital: Polish football supporters through the lens of James Coleman's conception
The purpose of the presented study is to understand and describe the mechanisms for generating social capital in the groups of devoted football supporters in Poland, by: (a) exploring those features of football supporters' social structures that are essential for creating social capital and enabling them to maintain it within those groups; and (b) trying to identify the historical processes which foster emergence of these features in supporters' …
Class wars among devoted football supporters. Hooligan bourgeoisie and non-hooligan proletariat
The paper explores a phenomenon of growing divisions within the Polish football supporters, namely between the hooligans and the rest of devoted supporters. There are three primary aims of the paper: 1) to explain the origin of the more apparent division in the devoted supporters’ community; 2) to characterize the division, and thus – 3) to analyse its potential consequences. The paper draws on 96 interviews with football supporters and a desk re…
Odmiany polskiej tożsamości narodowej i ich konsekwencje dla postaw wobec mniejszości
Artykuł przedstawia wyniki badania poświęconego ilościowej eksploracji odmian tożsamości narodowej Polaków oraz analizuje, jak wyróżnione rodzaje tożsamości narodowej przekładają się na postawy wobec różnych mniejszości i innych narodów. W tym celu wykorzystuje dane z ilościowego badania kwestionariuszowego przeprowadzonego na próbie dorosłych Polaków (15 lat i starszych) losowanej z operatu adresowego (N=1005). Na podstawie analizy skupień metod…
Occasional Nationalists: The National Ideology of Ultras
Drawing on a post-structuralist, post-Marxist discursive approach to nation, this paper aims to (1) explore the constitutive elements of the national ideology of Polish ultras, (2) study what means of expression are used in their choreographies in order to disseminate their vision of the nation, and (3) map the events that stimulate the production of choreographies related to national issues. The study is based on the content analysis of ultras’ …
Contingent nationalism: The genesis of ultras' nationalist discourse
This article presents the results of a study on the historical development of nationalist discourse in Polish football stands. Its main objectives are: (a) to reveal the processes shaping the ultras' nationalist discourse; and (b) to explain how it has been institutionalised and reproduced. Drawing on the post-foundational discourse analysis, the study conceptualises nationalist discourse as a set of structurally arranged practices of articulatio…
Banalisation of race through football
Performative nationalism in Polish football stadiums and fans' views and attitudes: Evidence from quantitative research
Football stadiums are one of the places where nationalistic views are presented. This is done by means of displays held by organised supporters - ultras. This study aims to examine (1) to what extent the postulates of performative national ideology presented by ultras in Polish stadiums are shared by fans of Polish football clubs; and (2) whether they translate into corresponding attitudes at the individual level. The study is based on a survey c…
Hooligans are coming home. A response to Ellis Cashmore and Kevin Dixon, ‘Why football violence made a comeback in continental Europe but spared England’ [ soccer & society 25, no. 3 (2024): [378-384]
Becoming a Nationalist Activist: Exploring Biographical Paths of Polish Football Fans
The article explores the biographical process of becoming a nationalist activist in the environment of Polish football supporters. Analysing the issue in focus, it also aims to show how the biographical approach can be a useful method to study the processes of reproduction of bottom-up nationalism in general. To this end, we use the classic theoretical approach of Thomas and Znaniecki to explore autobiographical narratives from interviews with 35…
From English to Polish Disease. Conceptualising hooligans’ setup fights and their diffusion across Europe
Nationalism and Anti-LGBTQ: Exploring the Role of Nationalism in Soccer Fans’ Protests Against LGBTQ+ Equal Rights
This paper examines the role of nationalism in Polish soccer fans’ protests in resistance to LGBTQ+ equal rights. Drawing on data from semistructured interviews with 22 nationalist activists, namely ideological leaders of hard-core soccer supporters’ community, who shape the ultras’ nationalist discourse, the study explores their rationalizations behind anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrations. By recognizing nationalism as an ideological background, our study…
Why Does Fan Violence Persist in Football? Football Rivalries Ideology, the Reproduction of Football-Related Violence and its Everyday Dimensions
Everyday Football Fan Violence
The issue of football (soccer)-related fan violence encompasses a broad spectrum of aggressive behaviors associated with football games and the wider football culture. Although this problem has been studied for many decades, it has primarily been explored as a match-day-related issue. In reality, however, fan violence is not confined to the context of matches; it also permeates everyday life. Yet, the problem of everyday fan violence has remained…
Fan violence in youth football: Experiences and attitudes of young players
Researchers have explored different dimensions of fan violence and several aspects of violence in youth sports, but fan violence in youth football remains understudied. This article aims to fill the indicated gap by (a) investigating and mapping the experiences of male youth football players with fan violence and (b) exploring their attitudes towards it. Drawing on 21 individual interviews with youth players, this study identifies different forms…
Searching for Validity in Interview Research on Football (Soccer) Ultras as a Hard-to-Reach Group
There is a significant gap in the literature regarding proven interviewing techniques for qualitative interviews with football ultras and a considerable lack of comprehensive methodological guidance on enhancing validity in research involving hard-to-reach groups. In this article, we address both gaps by systematising our fieldwork experience from research on ultras in Poland and proposing refined and tested techniques that increase the validity …
Sports, Gender, and Society (15 works) · Football (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (13 works) · Law (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Politics (9 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Ideology (5 works) · Law (5 works)