Transformation of European Football

Arne Niemann is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam. Borja García is Lecturer in Sport Management and Policy at Loughborough University. Wyn Grant is Professor of Politics at the University of Warwick.

• Section 1: Context1. Introduction Arne Niemann, Borja Garcia and Wyn Grant2. The transformation of football: Europe, Richard Parrish3. Uefa and the European Union: the green shoots of a new European public space, Jonathan HillSection 2: Country studies 4. Germany: between modest adjustment and system transformation, Alexander Brand and Arne Niemann5. England: a liberal model under challenge? Wyn Grant6. France: a case of UEFA-isation? David Ranc and Albrecht Sonntag7. Italy: the last of the great leagues? Osvaldo Crocci, Nicola Porro and Pippo Russo8. Spain: parochialism or innovation? Borja Garcia, Alberton Palomar Olmeda and Carmen Pérez González9. The Netherlands: The problematic future of Dutch football, Otto Holman, Rik de Ruiter and Rens Vliegenthart 10. The Europeanisation of Austrian Football: historically determined and modern processes of Europeanisation, Alexander Brand, Arne Niemann and Georg Spitaler11. Sweden: the development of club football on the the periphery of Europe, Torbjörn Andersson, Jyri Backmann and Bo Carlsson12. Poland: new shape, same old problems, Magdelena Kedzior and Rzeszów Melchior Szcepanik 13. Switzerland: professionalisation and internationalisation, courtesy of the EU and UEFA, Dirk Lehmkuhl and Olivier SiegristSection 3: Conclusions 14. Conclusions Borja Garcia, Arne Niemann and Wyn Grant

..providing valuable data to Europeanisation in practice, and how the Europeanization processes may be moderated or adapted to the field character.The key appeal of the book is the diverse and rich case studies that allow for comparative analysis of the differential rates of change in domestic football across European nation states and, to some extent, their engagement with the europeanization process within one collection.