Understanding globalization through football: The new international division of labour, migratory channels and transnational trade circuits

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 491-506

  Poli, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

football; globalization; migration; networks; relationnism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649269115     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690210370640     Document Type: Article

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