SOCIAL CONTEXT OF FOOTBALL THROUGH HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND MEDIA FRAMEWORK

Abstract

As a very dynamic social phenomenon, sport plays a significant role in everyday life. This applies especially to football, as the most influential sport globally. Authors Dejan Milenković and Vesna Milenković decided to look at this phenomenon from several angles and systematize it through the book "Football and Society". After a historical overview, the authors look at football through its relations with politics, economics and the media, with special reference to the changes that have occurred as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Also, the book contains chapters about women's football, as well as about football and violence (sections about hooliganism, terrorism, hate speech and racism). In the end, the authors conclude that football, like society, has repeatedly found itself at a historical turning point and that it is still happening today. However, they emphasize that football always manages to overcome all challenges and increase its popularity and social influence.