'They seem to think "We're better than you"': Framing football support as a matter of 'national identity' in Scotland and England

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 246-264

  Abell, Jackie ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SCOTLAND; SOCCER; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955601714     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466610X514200     Document Type: Article

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