Integration or resistance

The influx of foreign capital in British football in the transnational age

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12675302
AutoresYaochu Bi (0000-0001-6444-3749), Yuan Bi (University of Oxford, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen16
Número1
Páginas17-41
Fecha de publicación2013-10-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSoccer and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1466-0970 • E-ISSN: 1743-9590
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14660970.2013.828603
OpenAlexW2146033973
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas31

As one of the most commercialized and popular football leagues in the world, English Premiership League (Henthforce EPL) has witnessed the massive foreign capital influx since Abravomich’s significant takeover of Chelsea in 2003. British local football community traditionally has strong sense of ‘locality’ with the long history of their clubs. In the globalization context, some local fans embrace foreign capital ownership while some of them resist it. This article establishes an analytical framework to detect the causal relationship between the possible independent variables and local community reaction. Through case studies and critical discussion, this article concludes that club administration is the major determinant of local community reaction. On-pitch performance and club tradition play as second-major determinants explaining local community reaction. This article asserts while the modern neo-liberalism is prevalent in this traditional league and an overwhelming force in the context globalization. Historical local tradition, however, still takes an important role in EPL and has not been fully objected to global capital

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