Local Politics, Identity and Football in Paris

Bibliographic Data

ID12279665
AuthorsDavid Ranc (Moscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K.G. Razumovskiy, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume17
Issue1
Pages51-65
Publication date2009-01-26
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueModern & Contemporary France (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0963-9489 • E-ISSN: 1469-9869
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09639480802639785
OpenAlexW2029317807
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited9

The creation of the Paris Saint-Germain Football Club in 1970 has been best described as a gamble which, 35 years later, has proved stupendously successful: PSG has enjoyed remarkable sporting success and built up a sizeable audience. Why has PSG thrived where forerunners had failed? One of the most convincing explanations put forward is political. In 1977, Paris elected a Mayor for the first time since 1794. The incumbent, Jacques Chirac, took personal interest in the development of the club. A study of the PSG case, and the City council's policy towards PSG, elicits both the role played by a football club in building a local identity and the importance of this identity in local elections, notably after Jacques Chirac became the President of the French Republic in 1995

Aesthetics · Art · Club · Football · Football club · Identity (music · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society

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