Politics and Cultural Conflict in British Society, 1968–1998
by
Brett Bebber
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
This study, based on government records, newspaper articles and fanzines, explores the complex interaction between politicians, police and the perpetrators of football violence. Bebber looks at how successive governments tried to impose law and order on football ‘hooligans’, whilst inadvertently escalating the violence.