Football as a political institution in selected non-democratic political regimes in Europe. Comparative analysis
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https://doi.org/10.18778/0208-600X.65.04Keywords:
football, political regime, fascism, political institution, EuropeAbstract
The aim of this paper is to depict the social and political dimension of football and its role in the selected non-democratic European political regimes. By using a comparative neo-institutional analysis of four fascist regimes (Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Spain under the rule of Franco and Portugal under the rule of Salazar), a typology of analytical categories has been determined to establish the meaning of football as a social and political institution in those political systems, including the impact of the official ideology on institutionalised football and the mechanism of gaining control over football by a non-democratic rule. The comparative analysis has demonstrated both similarities and differences in the extent to which football was politicised in Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal – this has confirmed the results of other comparative studies of these regimes, but also pointed out to new dimensions of inter-relations between those political systems. This issue has not been analysed from such a broad comparative perspective as the earlier studies focused rather on an in-depth analysis of politicisation of sport in general (and not football specifically) in selected fascist regimes.
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