Sport and Migration

Abstract

Introduction: Borders, Boundaries and Crossings: Sport, Migration and Identities Section 1: Patterns of Migration and Sport 1. From the South to Europe: A Comparative Analysis of African and Latin American Football Migration 2. "Why Tax Athletes' International Migration?" The Coubertobin Tax in a Context of Financial Crisis 3. Moving with the Bat and the Ball: the Migration of Japanese Baseball Labour 1912-2009 4. From the Soviet Bloc to the European Community: Migrating Professional Footballers in and out of Hungary Section 2: Bridgeheads in Migration and Sport 5. Preliminary Observations on Globalisation and the Migration of Sport Labour 6. Sports Labour Migration as a Global Value Chain: The Dominican Case 7. Net-Gains': Informal Recruiting, Canadian Players and British Professional Ice Hockey 8. "Have Board will Travel": Global Physical Youth Cultures and Transnational Mobility Section 3: Experiences of Migration and Sport 9. Migrants, Mercenaries, and Overstayers: Talent Migration in Pacific Island Rugby 10. Blade Runners: Canadian Migrants and European Ice Hockey 11. Female Football Migration: Motivational Factors for Early Migratory Processes Section 4: Identities in Migration and Sport 12. Globetrotters in Local Contexts: Basketball Migrants, Fans and Local Identities 13. Diaspora and Global Sports Migration: A Case Study in the English and New Zealand Context 14. Tries for the Nation?: International Rugby Players' Perspectives on National Identity Section 5: Impacts of Migration on Sports and Societies 15. The New International Division of Cultural Labour and Sport 16. Transnational Athletes: Celebrities and Migrant Players in Futbol and Hockey 17. Out of Africa: The Exodus of Elite African Football Talent to Europe 18. Touring, Travelling and Accelerated Mobilities: Team and Player Mobilities in New Zealand Rugby Union. Future Directions: Sporting Mobilities, Immobilities and Moorings