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- Aagergaard, Sine, et al.
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Scandinavian women’s football in world : migration, management and mixed identity
- 2013
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Ingår i: Soccer & Society. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1466-0970 .- 1743-9590. ; 14:6, s. 769-780
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This special issue has grown out of an ongoing Nordic collaborative research project (Nordcorp) using Scandinavian women’s football as a strategically selected extreme case (of organizational development) to study a Nordic sport model in transition. The common point of interest for the project group, which overlaps with the editors and authors in this issue of Soccer and Society, is a fascination with the current development of Scandinavian women’s football that stands out as an intriguing subject for bothsports research and the social sciences.
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- Alm, Jens
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From acquiescence to avoidance : the case of Ängelholm municipality and elite football's standardizations
- 2020
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Ingår i: Soccer & Society. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1466-0970 .- 1743-9590. ; 21:1, s. 1-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Using the concept of standards and a framework examining strategic responses to institutional processes, this article aims to understand why a municipality has resisted to implement elite football's stadium requirements and, from this perspective, assesses the options municipalities actually have to refuse implementing them. At first, the municipality in focus, Angelholm in Sweden, demonstrated a lack of awareness of the intrinsic power of standards and the ways in which they can influence municipal decisions. However, as it emerged that the standards contradicted other municipal priorities, the municipality became more critical and eventually decided not to follow them. Another finding of the study is that municipalities, as the 'adopters' of elite football standards, cannot affect how these standards are written. Therefore, the options to accept or decline them are perceived to be limited. Consequently, standards constitute a central form of governance within local sport policy.
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- Andersson, Erik, 1979-
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Political socialization and the coach-created educational environment of competitive games : the case of grassroots youth soccer in Sweden
- 2020
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Ingår i: Soccer & Society. - : Routledge. - 1466-0970 .- 1743-9590. ; 21:7, s. 725-740
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Grassroots youth soccer is a major education environment in which coaching not only influences the quality of young athletes' performances, but also their political socialization. I.e. their formation of political identities, values, attitudes and norms, their adaption to, learning about and sometimes changes in the political culture of a community. Based on an empirical study exploring competitive games of grassroots youth soccer in Sweden, the article contributes knowledge about political socialization in coaching and the coach-created educational environment of competitive games. In particular, it offers a typology that can be used in research, coach education programmes and for practitioners to analyse and understand the socio-political dimension of coaching practice. Two main coaching approaches are identified, Growth (include all and focuses on the process) and Selective (optimizing the team and focusing on the results), constituted by different social and learning norms having specific political socialization and education consequences for the players.
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- Andersson, Rebecca, et al.
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Career paths of Swedish top-level women soccer players
- 2019
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Ingår i: Soccer & Society. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1466-0970 .- 1743-9590. ; 20:6, s. 857-871
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study explores seven Swedish top-level women’s soccer players’ career development experiences. Data were produced through semi-structured interviews and a biographical mapping grid. The theoretical framework of ‘careership’ was employed to understand the data. The results showed homogenous career paths. Moreover, the data show that the players decided at a young age to pursue a career in soccer; experienced the transition from junior to senior level soccer as difficult because of a lack of physical preparedness; soccer over school commitments. We recommend that soccer stakeholders (e.g. federations, clubs, coaches) give the transition from junior to senior level soccer special attention to prevent intense demands that may cause dropout. We further propose that if athletes should give sport and education equal priority, the Swedish dual career concept of high school education and sport needs further reflection and adjustment.
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- Andersson, Torbjörn, et al.
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A diagnosis of the commercial immaturity of Swedish club football
- 2011
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Ingår i: Soccer & Society. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1466-0970 .- 1743-9590. ; 12:6, s. 754-773
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article presents a critical diagnosis of Swedish club football, in light of its current shortcomings on the European football market, and in comparison with the other Scandinavian leagues. The article highlights the commercial immaturity of the Swedish clubs, in addition to the context of historical and cultural values, restricted association forms, the emphasis on internationalism, the fixed tax system, the standards of the arenas, the lack of patronage and the migration of talents. The analysis closes with a depressed depiction of Swedish club football, in relation to development in Europe, as well as in Scandinavia. Still, in a dialectical reasoning this situation is, finally, evaluated as a valuable development in relation to fairness, internal sports logics as well as ecological values.
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- Andersson, Torbjörn
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Immigrant teams in Sweden and the case of Assyriska FF
- 2009
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Ingår i: Soccer & Society. - : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. - 1466-0970 .- 1743-9590. ; 10:3-4, s. 398-417
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The essay deals with the history of immigration teams in Sweden, from the post-war period until today and with the case of the successful Assyrian football club, Assyriska FF. The analysis of national newspapers shows that matches with the immigrant teams immediately became controversial. The early teams of South European background played in the lower divisions. They were referred to as hot-tempered 'foreign teams', and they made the headlines because the players and their supporters often got involved in fights on and off the field. These problems have decreased in the last ten years. One immigrant team, Assyriska FF from Sdertlje, reached the Premier League in 2005. Despite this achievement, the team lacks support from the majority of the people in Sdertlje. For the Assyrian-Syrian population the feeling is completely different as the team has helped them to become the most integrated group in Södertälje.
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- Andersson, Torbjörn
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The rise and fall of Umeå IK
- 2023
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Ingår i: Soccer & Society. - : Routledge. - 1466-0970 .- 1743-9590. ; 24:3, s. 395-409
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This essay addresses the rise and fall of the Swedish women's club Umea IK. The question is how a team from a city almost devoid of any football culture suddenly could become one of the most successful clubs in the world during the early 2000s? The theoretical basis consists of the concepts of local identity, glocalization and Manuel Castell's analysis of the network society. The source material is a study of Umea's largest daily newspaper and eleven interviews. Umea IK worked energetically to create a strong local network for a women's club (consisting of good contacts with the municipality, high income from sponsors, good media coverage and high attendances). The university city of Umea was dynamic and progressive, with a strong middle-class character. The population could identify with the team. However, the city's volatility meant that the team did not get long-lasting significance in terms of the city's identity.
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