Alan Bairner is Professor in Sports Studies in the School of Applied Medical Sciences and Sports Studies at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Northern Ireland. He is the coauthor of Sport, Sectarianism and Society in a Divided Ireland and coeditor of Sport in Divided Societies.

"This book offers a new perspective in the study of sport and nationalism by underlining the links between the recent evolution of sporting nationalism with globalization processes. Moreover, to my knowledge, this is the first single-author book about sport and nationalism offering such a variety of case studies. The fact that the same framework is applied to all the case studies offers a very good comparative perspective. This book will become a reference in the field of sport and nationalism." — Jean Harvey, coeditor of Not Just a Game: Essays in Canadian Sport Sociology"No book on this topic has as consistently and as powerfully examined the relationship between sporting nationalism and globalization." — William J. Morgan, coeditor of Philosophic Inquiry in Sport and author of Leftist Theories of Sport: A Critique and Reconstruction

• Introduction One. National Identity, Globalization, and Sport Sport, Nationalism, and NationalityNation, Nationalism, and NationalityNational Identity and GlobalizationGlobalization and SportNationalism: Resistance to Globalization and SportSporting Nationalism Two. British Nationalism or Ulster Nationalism? Sport and the Protestants of Northern Ireland Politics and Society in Northern IrelandGlobalization in Northern IrelandBritain and the Origins of Sport in Modern IrelandSport in Modern IrelandSport and Ulster UnionismUlster Unionism, National Identity, and Constitutional Change? Three. "We Are the England Haters!"Sport and National Identity in Scotland Scotland, Sport, and NationhoodScotland the Nation! 48Scottish National IdentityScotland: The Sporting NationSoccer and the ScotsShinty: The National Game?Golf: Scotland's Gift to the World?Rugby and the Flower of ScotlandSport and Scottish National IdentityGlobalization and Scottish Sport Four. National Identity and International Recognition: Sport and the Development of Irish Nationalism Irish, Nation, and NationalitySport, Empire, and IrelandSporting Nationalism and the Gaelic Athletic AssociationSporting Nationalism in the Two IrelandsGaelic Games Go Global?Irish Nationalism and "Foreign" GamesSport, Nationality, and the New Ireland Five. Isolation or Expansion? Nationalism and Sport in the United States 91 Sport and American IdentitySport in Early AmericaAmerican Sport and Native AmericaSport, American Society, and GlobalizationAmerican Sporting Nationalism Six. Maple Leaf Americans: Sport and Questions of Canadian National Identity Canada and the Politics of National IdentityImperialism, Sport, and the CanadiansAmericanization, Sport, and the CanadiansSport and the Contest for Canadian National IdentityLacrosse: The National Sport?American Sport and Canadian IdentityCanadian Football and AmericanizationCanada Is Hockey?Hockey, Globalization, and Canadian National Identity Seven. Sporting Nationalism for Beginners: Sport and Nationalism in Sweden Sweden and NationalitySweden: A Sporting NationSport and Swedish IdentitySkiing and the SwedesSport and the Swedish NationSport and the Swedish ModelSport in a Changing SwedenSwedish Sport, Globalization, and Identity Eight. Sporting Nationalism and National Identities: A Theoretical Discussion Sport and National IdentityFandom and Identity in the Global EraNational SportsOn Sporting Nationalism and National IdentitySport and Contested National IdentityReflections on Sport and Nationalism in Europe and North AmericaCivic and Ethnic Sporting NationalismsSport, Nationality, and Resistance to GlobalizationConclusion Bibliography Index

Alan Bairner is Professor in Sports Studies in the School of Applied Medical Sciences and Sports Studies at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Northern Ireland. He is the coauthor of Sport, Sectarianism and Society in a Divided Ireland and coeditor of Sport in Divided Societies.

"This book offers a new perspective in the study of sport and nationalism by underlining the links between the recent evolution of sporting nationalism with globalization processes. Moreover, to my knowledge, this is the first single-author book about sport and nationalism offering such a variety of case studies. The fact that the same framework is applied to all the case studies offers a very good comparative perspective. This book will become a reference in the field of sport and nationalism." — Jean Harvey, coeditor of Not Just a Game: Essays in Canadian Sport Sociology"No book on this topic has as consistently and as powerfully examined the relationship between sporting nationalism and globalization." — William J. Morgan, coeditor of Philosophic Inquiry in Sport and author of Leftist Theories of Sport: A Critique and Reconstruction

• Introduction One. National Identity, Globalization, and Sport Sport, Nationalism, and NationalityNation, Nationalism, and NationalityNational Identity and GlobalizationGlobalization and SportNationalism: Resistance to Globalization and SportSporting Nationalism Two. British Nationalism or Ulster Nationalism? Sport and the Protestants of Northern Ireland Politics and Society in Northern IrelandGlobalization in Northern IrelandBritain and the Origins of Sport in Modern IrelandSport in Modern IrelandSport and Ulster UnionismUlster Unionism, National Identity, and Constitutional Change? Three. "We Are the England Haters!"Sport and National Identity in Scotland Scotland, Sport, and NationhoodScotland the Nation! 48Scottish National IdentityScotland: The Sporting NationSoccer and the ScotsShinty: The National Game?Golf: Scotland's Gift to the World?Rugby and the Flower of ScotlandSport and Scottish National IdentityGlobalization and Scottish Sport Four. National Identity and International Recognition: Sport and the Development of Irish Nationalism Irish, Nation, and NationalitySport, Empire, and IrelandSporting Nationalism and the Gaelic Athletic AssociationSporting Nationalism in the Two IrelandsGaelic Games Go Global?Irish Nationalism and "Foreign" GamesSport, Nationality, and the New Ireland Five. Isolation or Expansion? Nationalism and Sport in the United States 91 Sport and American IdentitySport in Early AmericaAmerican Sport and Native AmericaSport, American Society, and GlobalizationAmerican Sporting Nationalism Six. Maple Leaf Americans: Sport and Questions of Canadian National Identity Canada and the Politics of National IdentityImperialism, Sport, and the CanadiansAmericanization, Sport, and the CanadiansSport and the Contest for Canadian National IdentityLacrosse: The National Sport?American Sport and Canadian IdentityCanadian Football and AmericanizationCanada Is Hockey?Hockey, Globalization, and Canadian National Identity Seven. Sporting Nationalism for Beginners: Sport and Nationalism in Sweden Sweden and NationalitySweden: A Sporting NationSport and Swedish IdentitySkiing and the SwedesSport and the Swedish NationSport and the Swedish ModelSport in a Changing SwedenSwedish Sport, Globalization, and Identity Eight. Sporting Nationalism and National Identities: A Theoretical Discussion Sport and National IdentityFandom and Identity in the Global EraNational SportsOn Sporting Nationalism and National IdentitySport and Contested National IdentityReflections on Sport and Nationalism in Europe and North AmericaCivic and Ethnic Sporting NationalismsSport, Nationality, and Resistance to GlobalizationConclusion Bibliography Index

Alan Bairner is Professor in Sports Studies in the School of Applied Medical Sciences and Sports Studies at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Northern Ireland. He is the coauthor of Sport, Sectarianism and Society in a Divided Ireland and coeditor of Sport in Divided Societies.

"This book offers a new perspective in the study of sport and nationalism by underlining the links between the recent evolution of sporting nationalism with globalization processes. Moreover, to my knowledge, this is the first single-author book about sport and nationalism offering such a variety of case studies. The fact that the same framework is applied to all the case studies offers a very good comparative perspective. This book will become a reference in the field of sport and nationalism." — Jean Harvey, coeditor of Not Just a Game: Essays in Canadian Sport Sociology"No book on this topic has as consistently and as powerfully examined the relationship between sporting nationalism and globalization." — William J. Morgan, coeditor of Philosophic Inquiry in Sport and author of Leftist Theories of Sport: A Critique and Reconstruction

• Introduction One. National Identity, Globalization, and Sport Sport, Nationalism, and NationalityNation, Nationalism, and NationalityNational Identity and GlobalizationGlobalization and SportNationalism: Resistance to Globalization and SportSporting Nationalism Two. British Nationalism or Ulster Nationalism? Sport and the Protestants of Northern Ireland Politics and Society in Northern IrelandGlobalization in Northern IrelandBritain and the Origins of Sport in Modern IrelandSport in Modern IrelandSport and Ulster UnionismUlster Unionism, National Identity, and Constitutional Change? Three. "We Are the England Haters!"Sport and National Identity in Scotland Scotland, Sport, and NationhoodScotland the Nation! 48Scottish National IdentityScotland: The Sporting NationSoccer and the ScotsShinty: The National Game?Golf: Scotland's Gift to the World?Rugby and the Flower of ScotlandSport and Scottish National IdentityGlobalization and Scottish Sport Four. National Identity and International Recognition: Sport and the Development of Irish Nationalism Irish, Nation, and NationalitySport, Empire, and IrelandSporting Nationalism and the Gaelic Athletic AssociationSporting Nationalism in the Two IrelandsGaelic Games Go Global?Irish Nationalism and "Foreign" GamesSport, Nationality, and the New Ireland Five. Isolation or Expansion? Nationalism and Sport in the United States 91 Sport and American IdentitySport in Early AmericaAmerican Sport and Native AmericaSport, American Society, and GlobalizationAmerican Sporting Nationalism Six. Maple Leaf Americans: Sport and Questions of Canadian National Identity Canada and the Politics of National IdentityImperialism, Sport, and the CanadiansAmericanization, Sport, and the CanadiansSport and the Contest for Canadian National IdentityLacrosse: The National Sport?American Sport and Canadian IdentityCanadian Football and AmericanizationCanada Is Hockey?Hockey, Globalization, and Canadian National Identity Seven. Sporting Nationalism for Beginners: Sport and Nationalism in Sweden Sweden and NationalitySweden: A Sporting NationSport and Swedish IdentitySkiing and the SwedesSport and the Swedish NationSport and the Swedish ModelSport in a Changing SwedenSwedish Sport, Globalization, and Identity Eight. Sporting Nationalism and National Identities: A Theoretical Discussion Sport and National IdentityFandom and Identity in the Global EraNational SportsOn Sporting Nationalism and National IdentitySport and Contested National IdentityReflections on Sport and Nationalism in Europe and North AmericaCivic and Ethnic Sporting NationalismsSport, Nationality, and Resistance to GlobalizationConclusion Bibliography Index