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“The difficulty seems to be making them more inclusive, rather than the fans” A Critical Analysis of UEFA’s regulation on political messages and symbols

Lindelöw, Johannes LU (2021) GNVM03 20211
Department of Gender Studies
Abstract (Swedish)
In football, as well as in most sports, the question about politics being within it are highly debated. Questions related to nationalism, homophobia, racism, and sexism are all seen as permeating the sport. This is simultaneously topics that is facing resistance, especially through anti-racism-, and pro-LGBTQ+ campaigns. Although, the question remains, and football organisations are trying to deal with it in different ways. The complexity regarding it has been researched upon from many different perspectives, such as defining what is being political, to interpretations of symbols and meanings, and what is being allowed within the
stadiums. This master thesis focuses on UEFA’s regulations from 2016 regarding political messages that are... (More)
In football, as well as in most sports, the question about politics being within it are highly debated. Questions related to nationalism, homophobia, racism, and sexism are all seen as permeating the sport. This is simultaneously topics that is facing resistance, especially through anti-racism-, and pro-LGBTQ+ campaigns. Although, the question remains, and football organisations are trying to deal with it in different ways. The complexity regarding it has been researched upon from many different perspectives, such as defining what is being political, to interpretations of symbols and meanings, and what is being allowed within the
stadiums. This master thesis focuses on UEFA’s regulations from 2016 regarding political messages that are unfit for the events and builds on the previous research. The method that is used is Carol Bacchi’s What’s the problem represented to be? and the theoretical framework is based on Chantal Mouffe’s theorisation on the political and Nira Yuval-Davis theorisation on nationalism. The findings are that the political is understood closely related to antagonism and nationalism and that UEFA differently apply their regulations depending on the political message’s origin and belonging within UEFA. (Less)
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author
Lindelöw, Johannes LU
supervisor
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course
GNVM03 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
UEFA, Political, Antagonism, Nationalism, WPR.
language
English
id
9065291
date added to LUP
2021-09-23 12:54:28
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2021-09-23 12:54:28
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  abstract     = {{In football, as well as in most sports, the question about politics being within it are highly debated. Questions related to nationalism, homophobia, racism, and sexism are all seen as permeating the sport. This is simultaneously topics that is facing resistance, especially through anti-racism-, and pro-LGBTQ+ campaigns. Although, the question remains, and football organisations are trying to deal with it in different ways. The complexity regarding it has been researched upon from many different perspectives, such as defining what is being political, to interpretations of symbols and meanings, and what is being allowed within the 
stadiums. This master thesis focuses on UEFA’s regulations from 2016 regarding political messages that are unfit for the events and builds on the previous research. The method that is used is Carol Bacchi’s What’s the problem represented to be? and the theoretical framework is based on Chantal Mouffe’s theorisation on the political and Nira Yuval-Davis theorisation on nationalism. The findings are that the political is understood closely related to antagonism and nationalism and that UEFA differently apply their regulations depending on the political message’s origin and belonging within UEFA.}},
  author       = {{Lindelöw, Johannes}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{“The difficulty seems to be making them more inclusive, rather than the fans” A Critical Analysis of UEFA’s regulation on political messages and symbols}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}