ABSTRACT A limited, but growing body of sport policy and management research is dedicated to studies investigating challenges and opportunities for small and micro nations. Likewise, global aspects of football are regularly investigated; yet the daily organisation of club football at the geographical margins is often neglected. The overall purpose of this study is to investigate the development of elite football clubs on the Faroe Islands. In particular, through qualitative interviews the study explores how board chairmen (n = 15) perceive and assess the current situation of football clubs on the Islands by examining the interplay between commercial and local interests and institutionalised world society regulations. Drawing on a world society approach formulated by John W. Meyer and by applying the quadrant model developed by Guilianotti and Robertson we identify and discuss three areas of importance to contemporary Faroese club management: the benefits from becoming part of the UEFA and FIFA umbrella; organising club football through multiple tensions; and the significance of being anchored in municipalities. These insights are used to outline potential future policy and research implications.

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法罗群岛与世界社会：以商业和地方利益以及国际法规为框架发展精英俱乐部足球

摘要体育政策和管理研究的机构数量有限，但仍在不断增长，致力于研究小型和微型国家的挑战和机遇。同样，对足球的全球方面也要定期进行调查。然而，经常忽略地缘足球俱乐部的日常组织。这项研究的总体目的是调查法罗群岛上精英足球俱乐部的发展。特别是，通过定性访谈，该研究探讨了董事会主席（n = 15）如何通过检查商业和地方利益与制度化的世界社会法规之间的相互作用来感知和评估群岛上足球俱乐部的现状。借鉴约翰·W（John W.）提出的世界社会方法。梅耶（Meyer）并运用吉利亚诺蒂（Guilianotti）和罗伯逊（Robertson）开发的象限模型，我们确定并讨论了对当代法罗群岛俱乐部管理至关重要的三个方面：成为欧洲足联和国际足联总括的好处；通过多种紧张关系组织足球俱乐部；以及在市政当局中扎根的意义。这些见解用于概述潜在的未来政策和研究意义。