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Supporter
About: Supporter is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 58 publications have been published within this topic receiving 754 citations. The topic is also known as: supporters.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a consideration of the female followers of men's ice hockey in the UK, questions why this sport has been so popular in attracting a high proportion of female supporters and considers their place and location within this supporter base.
Abstract: This article presents a consideration of the female followers of men’s ice hockey in the UK, questions why this sport has been so popular in attracting a high proportion of female supporters and considers their place and location within this supporter base. In particular, the article argues that the perceived safety and accessibility of ice hockey has proved important in attracting many female supporters. However, this research argues that female followers of UK ice hockey continue to remain marginalized within this supporter community, and are deemed by many other (often male) supporters as not ‘real fans’ but simply ‘puck bunnies’ who are there to ‘lust’ after the players. These assertions, we suggest, originate in male supporters’ fears of losing their male-dominated domain and in insecurities concerning their own adulation of male sports stars. However, interviews with 37 followers of The Manchester Storm indicate no significant differences in the levels of knowledge and commitment between male and female supporters, or that the physical attractiveness of players performs any significant role in attracting women to ice hockey.
109 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a theory of the induction and patterns of behaviour of a sport supporter along a social and moral career path, and apply this model to the case of a supporter of the British ice hockey team The Manchester Storm.
Abstract: This paper presents a theorisation of the induction and patterns of behaviour of the sport supporter along a social and moral career path. I argue that too often theorisations of contemporary sport supporters have relied upon restrictive and rigid typologies or dichotomies based upon excessively subjective codes of authenticity. I suggest that what is required is a return to the Chicagoan concept of status passage and career, married with an understanding of the fluidity and temporality of many contemporary ‘communities’. Specifically, here I apply this model to the case of supporter of the British ice hockey team The Manchester Storm, but suggest that this theorisation could be applied to many other supporter, enthusiast, or fan ‘communities’.
100 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the extent to which four football clubs had developed mechanisms to include active supporters in club-related decisions and conclude that those clubs which are seen to exclude ‘active’ supporters could face long-term financial consequences if they continue to operate in this way.
Abstract: The changing relationship between football clubs and supporters has been the subject of recent debate but has received relatively limited empirical analysis based on case study research. This article draws on interviews and a questionnaire fan survey to assess the extent to which four football clubs had developed mechanisms to include ‘active’ supporters in club‐related decisions. The article then examines the strategies put in place by each club to encourage supporter involvement and whether they have been successful in their actions. The results indicated that supporters of clubs which encouraged an inclusive relationship through the opportunity of two‐way dialogue expressed greater satisfaction than supporters of clubs which maintained one‐way dialogue. The article concludes by suggesting that those clubs which are seen to exclude ‘active’ supporters could face long‐term financial consequences if they continue to operate in this way.
94 citations
14 Apr 2008
TL;DR: The republican experiment conducted in England between 1649-1660 left a legacy in political science articulated by John Milton, Marchamont Nedham, James Harrington, and Thomas Hobbes.
Abstract: Modern republicanism - distinguished from its classical counterpart by its commercial character and jealous distrust of those in power, by its use of representative institutions, and by its employment of a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances - owes an immense debt to the republican experiment conducted in England between 1649, when Charles I was executed, and 1660, when Charles II was crowned. Though abortive, this experiment left a legacy in the political science articulated both by its champions, John Milton, Marchamont Nedham, and James Harrington, and by its sometime opponent and ultimate supporter, Thomas Hobbes. This volume examines these four thinkers, situates them with regard to the novel species of republicanism first championed in the early 1500s by Niccolò Machiavelli, and examines the debt that he and they owed the Epicurean tradition in philosophy and the political science crafted by the Arab philosophers Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroës.
59 citations
TL;DR: In this article , the authors explore how the Alternative for Germany (AfD) adjusted its policy supply to the COVID-19 pandemic and how this has affected its popularity among German voters, building their analysis on press releases issued by the AfD between January 2020 and March 2021.
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged nearly every aspect of life and superseded issues at the core of populist radical right (PRR) parties' ideology, dispossessing them of one of their main narratives. This also challenged the Alternative for Germany (AfD), a relatively young but strong PRR party in opposition. We explore how the party has adjusted its policy supply to this unprecedented situation and how this has affected its popularity among German voters, building our analysis on press releases issued by the AfD between January 2020 and March 2021, vote intention data and recent election results. Initially, the party's reaction was inconsistent, but from autumn 2020 the AfD focused on fuelling discontent with the government's lockdown measures, acting as a supporter of the anti-coronavirus demonstrations. It framed its response as elite critique. So far, its siding with the lockdown protesters, however, has not had any positive effect on support for the party.
45 citations
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2026 | 1 |
| 2025 | 37 |
| 2024 | 62 |
| 2023 | 175 |
| 2022 | 197 |
| 2021 | 10 |