FS 016 PZ -History and Political Economy of World Soccer

Institution: Pitzer

Description: This course examines topics in the history and politics of world soccer. We will see how culture, politics, economics and history play themselves out upon the stage of stadium and field. And we will try to understand the game as others, in different times and places, have seen it: a game freighted with meaning and beauty. Topics and themes include (1) how soccer emerged to become the world’s hegemonic sports culture, (2) the political economy of modern soccer, and (3) the relationship between soccer and major contemporary political issues such as racial and gender equality and globalization. [Instructor: Andre Wakefield & Nigel Boyle]

Prerequisite(s): None

First-Year seminars are not listed on the course schedule. Incoming students will be assigned to a first-year seminar and registered automatically.