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Migration and Agency in a Globalizing WorldAfrican Football Players in Cambodia

Migration and Agency in a Globalizing World: African Football Players in Cambodia [This chapter addresses the question of the migration of professional players in semi-peripheral football markets—African football players in the Cambodian League in this particular case—who today comprise the majority of athletes in the current globalized football scene. Specifically, the chapter depicts African players’ strategic sojourn in the league, the emergence of informal pan-African ties and of the rise of a distinctive style of play. The analysis differs from a prevailing theoretical orientation in studies on African players in Europe in that rather than presupposing the structural disadvantage of African footballers as a given, the discussion suggests a measure of agency in how players navigate Cambodia’s football system. African footballers, moreover, have had positive effect on the nature and level of football play in Cambodia.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Migration and Agency in a Globalizing WorldAfrican Football Players in Cambodia

Part of the International Political Economy Series Book Series
Editors: Cornelissen, Scarlett; Mine, Yoichi
Abe, Toshihiro
Migration and Agency in a Globalizing World — Jan 11, 2018
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018. The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
ISBN
978-1-137-60204-6
Pages
231 –245
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-60205-3_11
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Abstract

[This chapter addresses the question of the migration of professional players in semi-peripheral football markets—African football players in the Cambodian League in this particular case—who today comprise the majority of athletes in the current globalized football scene. Specifically, the chapter depicts African players’ strategic sojourn in the league, the emergence of informal pan-African ties and of the rise of a distinctive style of play. The analysis differs from a prevailing theoretical orientation in studies on African players in Europe in that rather than presupposing the structural disadvantage of African footballers as a given, the discussion suggests a measure of agency in how players navigate Cambodia’s football system. African footballers, moreover, have had positive effect on the nature and level of football play in Cambodia.]

Published: Jan 11, 2018

Keywords: African Football; African Players; Football Market; Player Migration; Foreign Players

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