Lexington Books
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978-1-4985-5519-7 • Hardback • December 2017 • $104.00 • (£80.00)
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Nikita Osokin is head analyst of the Center of Strategic Sport Research at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.
Ilya Solntsev is director of the Center of Strategic Sport Research at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.
Anatoly Vorobyev is head of the Department of Sports Management and Marketing at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Conceptualization of Football Development
Chapter 2: Overview of Multidimensional Indexes and Rankings
Chapter 3: Football Development Index: Dimensions and Indicators
Chapter 4: Calculation Model
Chapter 5: Football Development Report 2013
Chapter 6: Dependence between Football Rankings and Socio-Economic Indicators
Conclusion
Appendix A: “On-Pitch Performance” Dimension Results
Appendix B: “Popularity” Dimensions Results
Appendix C: “Environment” Dimensions Results
Appendix D: Football Development Index Results
Appendix E: Continental Self-Organizing Maps of FDI Values
Bibliography
About the Authors
This volume provides a new Football Development Index and tests a model of causal relationships between this Index, on-pitch performance and socio-economic indicators. The results must be appealing to all football fans around the world and should be useful to football governing bodies and decision-makers.
— Wladimir Andreff, University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne