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This book employs men's football as a lens through which to investigate questions relating to immigration, racism, integration and national identity in present-day Sweden. Specifically, this study explores if professional football serves as a successful model of multiracialism/multiculturalism for the rest of Swedish society to emulate.
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“African Footballers in Sweden is a highly original, exceedingly well-researched, and profoundly empathetic book. It should be required reading for scholars, students, journalists, and thoughtful fans concerned about racism, the causes and effects of immigration, and the role of sport in an increasingly global Europe.” (Peter Alegi, Idrotts Forum, idrottsforum.org, February, 2016)
“African Footballers in Sweden is a highly original, exceedingly well-researched, and profoundly empathetic book. It should be required reading for scholars, students, journalists, and thoughtful fans concerned about racism, the causes and effects of immigration, and the role of sport in an increasingly global Europe.” (Peter Alegi, idrottsforum.org)
“The book’s importance extends beyond debates around how African football players navigate their way through life as a migrant. Its focus on multiculturalism and the maintenance of racial and ethnic prejudice (and indeed their institutionalization) in Sweden resonates far beyond football and this connects it to a broader range of academic research, public debates and policy fields.” (Paul Darby, Ulster Sports Academy)
“The book’s importance extends beyond debates around how African football players navigate their way through life as a migrant. Its focus on multiculturalism and the maintenance of racial and ethnic prejudice (and indeed their institutionalization) in Sweden resonates far beyond football and this connects it to a broader range of academic research, public debates and policy fields.” (Dr. Paul Darby, School of Sport, Ulster University, Northern Ireland)
About the author
Carl-Gustaf Scott received his PhD in Modern European/Scandinavian History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. His research examines contemporary Swedish history in a broader, comparative, European context, and his work has appeared in, among other places, The Journal of Contemporary History, European History Quarterly, Cold War History, The Scandinavian Journal of History, and Social History and Immigrants and Minorities.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: African Footballers in Sweden
Book Subtitle: Race, Immigration, and Integration in the Age of Globalization
Authors: Carl-Gustaf Scott
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137535092
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Carl-Gustaf Scott 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54207-6Published: 22 September 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53509-2Published: 16 September 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 292
Topics: African History, Migration, European History, Social History, Sociology, general, Modern History