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Squad Goals: A World Cup Reading List
With the 2026 World Cup underway, we revisited the recent special issue of Social Research: An International Quarterly devoted to "Football Politics", looking at myriad intersections of politics and soccer — and as we explored further, discovered that many of our journals had something to say about The Beautiful Game.
Whether you call it soccer, footy, or association football, we've collected a journal-spanning list of readings for your enjoyment between matches. We've made all articles available to read free at Project MUSE through 20 July 2026, the day after the World Cup finale.
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Social Research: An International Quarterly
Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2025
Special Issue: Football Politics
Guest Editor's Introduction
Sean Jacobs
Men's Professional Soccer in the United States: The Proverbial Sport of Tomorrow
Chris Bolsmann
Beyond the Pitch: National Identity, Migration, and Eligibility in the Future of National Football Teams
Gijsbert Oonk
Chile's Club Palestino: Football and the Complexities of Contemporary Palestinian Identity
Diego Vilches Parra
The Devil in the Details: Gendered Violence and Corruption in South American Football
Brenda Elsey
Women's Football and Political Propaganda in North Korea: Socialist Patriotism, Communist Feminism, and State Patriarchy
Jung Woo Lee
The "Gay Play" Question: Gay Footballers in Brazil and Queer Critiques of Mainstream Soccer
CK Snyder
Football-Related Violence, Hegemonic Masculinity, and the Politics of Exclusion: Fandom and Football in Post-Transition Eastern and Central Europe
Radosław Kossakowski
Football-Related Violence, Hegemonic Masculinity, and the Politics of Exclusion: Fandom and Football in Post-Transition Eastern and Central Europe
Radosław Kossakowski
Representing England: Sport, Politics, and Contested Identities
Ben Carrington
Stories Retold: Qatar 2022, Saudi Arabia 2034, and How Gulf Football Is Framed Within a Global Football Discourse
T. R. Griffin
The Geopolitical Contours of Southeast Asian Stadiums
Robin Hartanto Honggare
Negative Accumulation: Two Stadiums, a Convention Center, and a Sugar Refinery in Jamaica
Valeria Guzmán Verri
SAIS Review of International Affairs
Volume 31, Number 1, Winter-Spring 2011
Do Mega Sporting Events Promote International Trade?
Andrew K. Rose and Mark M. Spiegel
A Closer Look at FIFA's Hijab Ban: What it Means for Muslim Players and Lessons Learned
Awista Ayub
The Curse of Good Hospitality: Why Developing Countries Shouldn't Host International Sporting Events
Ellen Bray
Sports and Collective Identity: The Effects of Athletics on National Unity
Kari L. Jaksa
The Devil in the Details: Gendered Violence and Corruption in South American Football
Brenda Elsey
About Winning: The Political Economy of Awarding the World Cup and the Olympic Games
Stefan Szymanski
From War Without Weapons to Sport for Development and Peace: The Janus-face of Sport
Peter Donnelly
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