A Squad with No Left Wingers: The Roots and Structure of Right-Wing and Nationalist Attitudes among Polish Football Fans

This article examines the lack of political pluralism and the resurgence of nationalism among football fans in Poland. As confirmed by quantitative surveys, Polish fans align with right- or ultra-right wing parties. Left-wing ideology is virtually non-existent at football terraces. The aims of the p...

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Published in:Problems of post-communism 2020-11, Vol.67 (6), p.511-524
Main Authors: Woźniak, Wojciech, Kossakowski, Radosław, Nosal, Przemysław
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Nationalism
Political participation
Political pluralism
Politicization
Soccer
Sports fans
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Summary:This article examines the lack of political pluralism and the resurgence of nationalism among football fans in Poland. As confirmed by quantitative surveys, Polish fans align with right- or ultra-right wing parties. Left-wing ideology is virtually non-existent at football terraces. The aims of the paper are: to provide a thorough description of Polish fans' political engagement and attitudes; to discuss interrelations between the wider socio-political context and specificity of football fandom and to explain the issue of growing politicization of fandom in the last decade. Finally, several non-mutually exclusive sociological interpretations of the state of affairs are offered.
ISSN:1075-8216
1557-783X
DOI:10.1080/10758216.2019.1673177