Beyond Soccer: International Relations and Politics as Seen through the Beautiful Game - Paperback

by Tamir Bar-On (Author)

This textbook examines the relationships between soccer, politics, and international relations. It uses soccer players and other individuals connected to the game in order to teach political science concepts--such as geopolitics, ideology, and sovereignty--and IR theories--including realism, postcolonialism, and feminism.

Author Biography

Tamir Bar-On is a researcher and professor in the School of Social Sciences and Government, Tec de Monterrey. He is the author of Where Have All the Fascists Gone? (2007), Rethinking the French New Right: Alternatives to Modernity (2013), and The World through Soccer: The Cultural Impact of a Global Sport (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014).