Inside the Grafters' game: An ethnographic examination of football's underground economy

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-258

  Sugden, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black market; Hooligans; Scalpers; Sport tourism; Touts

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548653847     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: 15527638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193723507301050     Document Type: Article

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