Naslov
Fan's Group Bad Blue Boys: Struggling for Democracy and Change since 1986

Autori
Milak, Matea

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Eleventh International Conference on Sport & Society

Mjesto i datum
Granada, Španjolska, 18.06.2020. - 19.06.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Football fans, Bad Blue Boys, Struggling, Club management, Democracy, AMF

Sažetak
This paper examines two major events that took place in the history of fan group Bad Blue Boys and caused two long struggles with club management. A first major event was the name change in the ‘90s when former president Franjo Tuđman renamed Dinamo to HAŠK Građanski and then Croatia. A second major event was motivated by a global Against Modern Football movement and Bad Blue Boys were struggling against corruption and crime at a local level – in their club. This paper presents the results of field research conducted in the period from July to September 2017. In the context of qualitative methodology, a method of deep interviews was used on a group sample of core members of fan’s group Bad Blue Boys and a total of 11 interviews were conducted among them. To get a better insight and understanding of two struggles, fans from both generations of Bad Blue Boys were interviewed. Based on the collected data, this paper presents what motivated them to continue those years-long struggles and what tools they used to accomplish their goals. It is shown that both struggles with the club management represent the struggle for democracy and are partly a product of their defensive and rebellious behavior that was present from the beginning.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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