Soziale Marktwirtschaft und "Wirtschaftswunder" im bundesdeutschen Berufsfußball der 1950er und 1960er Jahre?

Abstract: For more than fifty years now the Bundesliga is an important part of German sporting and cultural life and identity. Yet there are voices who harshly criticize the growing trend of commercialization which allegedly tends to undermine the true sporting nature of the game. The author points out that there is no need at all to be nostalgic about the assumed "good old days" of German football. In fact, the first years of the Bundesliga were characterized by dubious economic practices: While the German Football Association officially stuck to the ideal of amateurism, a shadow economy was flourishing around the clubs and its players. This insincerity and corruption became a burden especially for the involved communities. In contrast to that, the article argues, the often demonized period of neo-liberalism, with its final take-off since the 1990s, has given Bundesliga clubs the opportunity to create a highly professional profile and management – a development that goes to the benefit not

Object Details

• Alternative title: Social market economy and economic miracles in professional German football in the 1950s and 1960s?
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Deutsch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Soziale Marktwirtschaft und "Wirtschaftswunder" im bundesdeutschen Berufsfußball der 1950er und 1960er Jahre? ; volume:40 ; number:4 ; year:2015 ; pages:209-220 ; Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; Historical social research ; 40, Heft 4 (2015), 209-220

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Geschichte

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Havemann, Nils

Further information

• DOI: 10.12759/hsr.40.2015.4.209-220
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019052213475017648058
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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