LE NOÉ Olivier - The Local Stakes of Soccer

Pouvoirs n°101 - Le football - avril 2002 - p.27-38

Given its cultural dimensions, soccer has become an inescapable part of the political agenda at the local level. Local authorities are all the more willing to take on the additional responsibilities that the image of their region will benefit from the symbolic rallying power associated with soccer. As far as the discussion of its social usefulness is concerned, the positive external effects it produces seem to justify a status of exception similar to that of culture. Résumé

Référence électonique : LE NOÉ Olivier, "The Local Stakes of Soccer", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°101, 2002, p.27-38. Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/The-Local-Stakes-of-Soccer.html