How Soccer Explains the World

How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
AuthorFranklin Foer
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSoccer, globalization
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
June 29, 2004
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardback & paperback
Pages272 pp (hardback edition)
ISBN978-0-06-621234-0 (hardback)
OCLC55756745
796.334 22
LC ClassGV943.9.S64 F64 2004

How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization (also published as How Football Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization[1]) is a book written by American journalist Franklin Foer. It is an analysis of the interchange between soccer and the new global economy.

The author takes readers on a journey from stadium to stadium around the globe in an attempt to shed new insights on today's world events, both from political and economic standpoints. Soccer is here the globalized medium that seems to lend itself to explaining the effects globalization has on society as a whole.

  1. ^ Foer, Franklin (2 March 2006). How Football Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization. Arrow Books Ltd. ISBN 0-09-949226-1.