Football Hooliganism in Europe: Security and Civil Liberties in the Balance [Hardcover]

Providing?the?first EU-wide study of the way football hooliganism has been defined by academics, law makers and?enforcers, and?the media?since the 1960s, this book?examines the?regulation and policing of the phenomenon, which?has been?influenced by security-related developments within post-bipolar EuropeIntroduction PART I:?CLEAR CONTOURS?(1965-1985) Early Academic Theories A Non-Specific Legal Framework Divergent Policing Styles The Social Construction of 'Otherness' PART II:?BLURRED BOUNDARIES?(1985-1997) The Vibrancy of the Academic Community Paradoxical Legal Specificity Convergent Policing Styles The General Acceptance of 'Otherness' PART III:?SPLINTERED CONTOURS?(1997-2008) The Academic Community Runs out of Steam Legal Vagueness The Decompartmentalization of Policing The Consensus Around Security Notes Bibliography

'...the study is a compelling and fascinating one' - International Sports Law Journal

'...Tsoukala has not merely provided a new slant on a single phenomenon; she has shown that the seemingly banal control machinery of European integration can and does infringe on hard-won rights.' - The Oxonian

'Tsoukala takes the reader on an exciting legal journey that shows how the subtle phenomenon of hooliganism has gone from being a domestic national problem of the relatively minor nature to be a great European debate where the issue of civil rights brought to a head in relation to countries' security'. - Aage Alderman, Department of Sport Sciences, Malmo University

ANASTASSIA TSOUKALA is Professor?of Criminology in the Department of Sport Sciences at the University of Paris XI and Research Fellow at Paris V-Sorbonne University, France. Her research centres on the design and implementation of security policies in Europe with regard to football hooliganism, counterterrorism and immigration, and on the social construction of threat.