Understanding globalization through football: the new international division of labour, migratory channels and transnational trade circuits


Autoria(s): Poli R.
Data(s)

01/12/2010

Resumo

Among all sports, football is the one that saw the largest diffusion during the 20th century. Professional leagues exist on all continents and professional footballers are constantly on the move, trying to reach the wealthiest European clubs. Using the football players' market as an example, this article highlights some key features of economic globalization: the new international division of labour, the ever increasing role played by intermediaries to bind the demand and supply of work on a transnational scale, and the setting up of spatially fragmented trade circuits. These processes form the basis for the creation of a global market of footballers in which clubs and championships play complementary roles and are more than ever functionally integrated beyond national borders.

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http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_B3FD76B2874A

doi:10.1177/1012690210370640

Idioma(s)

en

Fonte

International Review for the Sociology of Sport, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 491-506

Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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