Lower League Football in Crisis: Issues of Organisation and Legitimacy in England and Germany
In: Football Research in an Enlarged Europe
In: Springer eBook Collection
Chapter 1. Introduction: Football Clubs, Community and Legitimacy -- Chapter 2. Setting the Scene: Structural Differences and Theoretical Considerations -- Part I: A Threefold Dilemma of Legitimacy. Chapter 3. Economic Crisis: Number Games -- Chapter 4. Cultural Crisis: The Great Divide -- Chapter 5. Social Crisis: Building Bridges -- Part II: Ways of the Crises. Chapter 6. Case Studies from England and Germany -- Chapter 7. Economic Coping Mechanisms: Professionalisation, or: Creating Sustainable Structures -- Chapter 8. Cultural Coping Mechanisms: Communitisation, or: (Re-)Engaging with Communities -- Chapter 9. Social Coping Mechanisms: Societisation, or: Improving Credibility as Social Institutions -- Chapter 10. One Size Does Not Fit All: Comparison and Results -- Chapter 11. Conclusion: Towards Hybrid Organisations and Supermodern Football.