A Squad with No Left Wingers: The Roots and Structure of Right-Wing and Nationalist Attitudes among Polish Football Fans. Issue 6 (1st November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Woźniak, Wojciech; Kossakowski, Radosław; Nosal, Przemysław
• Is Part Of: Problems of post-communism. Volume 67:Issue 6(2020)
• Page Start: 511
• Page End: 524
• Publication Date: 2020-11-01
• Subjects: Post-communism -- Periodicals; Post-communism; Periodicals; 330.91717
• DOI: 10.1080/10758216.2019.1673177
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1075-8216

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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.