“There are Laws Stronger than Prescribed”. A contribution to research on the struggle of Dinamo Zagreb supporters for their club, and it's social significance Cover Image

Postoje zakoni jači od propisanih“: prilog istraživanju borbe navijača „Dinama“ za svoj klub i njezina društvena značenja
“There are Laws Stronger than Prescribed”. A contribution to research on the struggle of Dinamo Zagreb supporters for their club, and it's social significance

Author(s): Goran Pavel Šantek
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Sports Studies
Published by: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Filozofski fakultet
Keywords: Dinamo; football fans; sport; discrimination; democratization;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to provide a better understanding of how the practices of state and city institutions, whose duty is to ensure that FC Dinamo Zagreb operates in accordance with national laws, affect the behavior of supporters. Besides that, it checks hypotheses that parts of fans aggressive behavior are structurally caused, and that in activist practices of fans, there is also a potential for the democratization of society. As supporter groups Bad Blue Boys, Together for Dinamo and We Are Dinamo persistently ask state and city institutions to observe the law, they can be seen as actors in the democratization of society, and close processes like unselective law enforcing and fights against corruption and discrimination.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 55-73
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Croatian