The governance of professional soccer: Five case studies - Algeria, China, England, France and Japan

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 189-206

  Amara, Mahfoud ^a   Henry, Ian ^a   Liang, Jin ^b   Uchiumi, Kazuo ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (China)

^c HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algeria; China; England; Football; France; Globalisation; Governance; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249121459     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461390500344503     Document Type: Article

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