Football and Migration

Football and Migration presents in-depth case studies of migration in elite men¿s football globally, exploring the role of established leagues in Europe and South America and the emerging leagues of North America and Asia. Exploring and analysing the movement of groups that migration studies have rarely researched, including female professionals, elite youth players, amateur players and their families, drawing on important new research in Ghana, England, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.This book is engaging reading for any student or scholar with an interest in sport, sociology, human geography, migration, international labour flows, globalization, development or post-colonial studies.