DIVIŠOVÁ, Vendula. Euro 2016 and its security legacy for football supporters : a conceptual blurring of hooligans and terrorists? Soccer & Society. Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2019, vol. 20, No 5, p. 757-769. ISSN 1466-0970. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2019.1616268.
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Original name Euro 2016 and its security legacy for football supporters : a conceptual blurring of hooligans and terrorists?
Authors DIVIŠOVÁ, Vendula.
Edition Soccer & Society, Abingdon, Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2019, 1466-0970.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50601 Political science
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2019.1616268
UT WoS 000479176300005
Keywords in English Fan; Football; Football fans
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
This essay debates how the 2016 European Football Championship in France together with the acute terrorist threat served to pass quickly and with minimal opposition in the Parliament a controversial ‘counter-hooligan’ law. For this purpose, debates in both parliamentary chambers were explored. It is shown that in the discourse, hooliganism and terrorism were intermingled as both became part of one pervasive line of reasoning based on a sense of urgency and a need to suppress any activities that could disrupt the desired image of a successful hosting country that does not succumb to the fear of terrorism. However, the relation between the proposed ‘counter-hooligan’ measures and security at the tournament could not be satisfactorily explained by the legislators. Also, the politicians rarely attempted to understand the football-related violence and rather resorted to ‘genuine supporters/bad hooligans’ dichotomy which, however, largely ignores the complexity of the phenomenon in the country.
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